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up to the ˈminute, advb. (and adj.) phr.
[up adv.1]
Right up to the present time; in the latest fashion (see minute n.1 1 b). Chiefly attrib. or as adj. phr. (hyphened), as up to date as possible; completely modern; most recently available. Similarly up-to-the-moment, -second adj. phrs.
1909R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins xxvii. 322 They had stopped for over a month with his friends in England, an' was posted up to the minute. 1922S. Lewis Babbitt vi. 69 Babbitt, the..efficient, up-to-the-minute and other⁓wise perfected modern. 1933J. B. Priestly Wonder Hero v. 185 A very bright, up-to-the-minute sort of room. 1937[see minute n.1 1 b]. 1938Times 3 May 13/2 Feminine dress, new and old, is here displayed—up-to-the-moment gowns of British design. 1950‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley iv. 44 Her black hair-do was smartly plain to set off her up-to-the-minute face. 1956[see minute n.1 1 b]. 1967N.Y. Daily News 13 Oct. 17 Dr. Frank Field.. brings you up-to-the-second weather reports. 1979A. Hailey Overload i. i. 6 This place with its up-to-the-second information. 1980Radio Times 25 Nov.–5 Dec. 102/3 It's important to look up-to-the-minute, but clothes are too costly to be bought for just one appearance. 1985Broadcast 11 Jan. 19/3 A lot of what you see about Poland is the latest up-to-the-minute riot or government move. There's very little that is reflective.
Hence up-to-the-ˈminutely adv.; up-to-the-ˈminuteness.
1940D. A. Lord Our Lady in Modern World iii. 141 They proclaim their up-to-the-minuteness. 1959Listener 2 Apr. 600/1 The heart of his ambition was to be..as smartly and up-to-the-minutely American as possible. |