päivittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• refresh verb To make someone feel more energetic or awake, often with rest, food, or a drink.
• update noun A piece of new or more current information about something.
• upgrade noun An improved version of something, often a piece of technology or equipment.

Senses

päivittää is used for these senses in English:

• refresh (computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
• refresh (computing, ambitransitive) To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
• update (transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.
• upgrade (intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.

refresh — full definition

1. verb To make someone feel more energetic or awake, often with rest, food, or a drink.
2. verb To reload a webpage or app so it shows the latest content.
3. noun The act of reloading a page or updating a display.

update — full definition

1. noun A piece of new or more current information about something.
2. noun A revised, newer version of software or a system.
3. verb To bring something up to date, or to give someone the latest information.

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