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单词 down to date
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down to dateadv.adj.

Brit. /ˌdaʊn tə ˈdeɪt/, U.S. /ˌdaʊn tə ˈdeɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., to prep., date n.2
Etymology: < down adv. + to prep. + date n.2 Compare up to date adv. With use as adjective compare slightly earlier up to date adj.
Now rare.
A. adv.
1. Up to the present time; = up to date adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > up to the present time or up-to-date
down to date1840
up to date1868
to date1936
up-to-the-minutely1959
1840 Ohio Statesman 13 Mar. From the time when I began my political career, commencing with the Jefferson conflict in 1800, down to date, the Massachusetts federal party has embraced men of judgment.
1886 Farm Implement News June 10/2 Although he suffered severely by fire, losing his shops, etc., he has done a successful business down to date.
1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. iii. 403 Down to date, there has been little sign of any such reaction.
2. In or into a condition that incorporates the latest knowledge or trends; = up to date adv. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adverb] > up to the present time or up-to-date > in an up to date condition
down to date1848
up to date1889
1848 Commerc. Rev. South & West Apr. 400 They [sc. these Notes] have been revised, added to, and brought down to date.
1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 211 The new clothes gave him a thrill of pleasure and pride. He said to himself, ‘I've got part of him down to date, anyway.’
1951 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 1A (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 5 249/3 Automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia..entirely rewritten, rearranged and brought down to date.
B. adj. (chiefly attributive). Usually in form down-to-date.
Aware of or incorporating the latest knowledge or trends; current; = up to date adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern
modern1585
new-schoolish1844
New World1847
latter day1850
contemporary1859
unantiquated1859
todayish1864
contemporaneous1871
modernistic1878
presentist1878
up to date1888
down to date1893
up-with-the-times1893
de nos jours1909
up to the minute1909
chromium-plate1924
chromium-plated1924
contempo1944
now1955
New Wave1960
nouveau1974
1893 Newsman June 5/2 He has the latest jokes—every one likes to hear them when at the expense of himself—the down-to-date town talk free from that which offends.
1895 Midland Monthly Mar. 257/1 The brightest, readiest, raciest, most down-to-date woman in all Washington.
1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xxv. 244 The amazing familiarity with my books which his conversation showed. He was down to date with them, too.
1930 Morning Post 4 Mar. 7/5 The most down-to-date dictionaries.
1937 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 22 The down-to-date traveller discovered..that without the aid of aeroplanes it was only just possible to equal Fogg's record.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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