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Up to speed

Meaning in business english, with examples

phraseCore term

In business english, up to speed means: Having all the latest information about a situation or task, or able to work at the expected level after a period of learning.

In Turkish: son durumdan haberdar, güncel bilgiye sahip, işe ayak uydurmuş

How it is used

Mostly in two patterns: 'bring someone up to speed' (update them) and 'get up to speed' (learn what you need). Used when someone joins a project, comes back from leave or misses a meeting.

Example sentences

  1. Can you bring Elif up to speed on the project before Monday's meeting?

  2. It took me about a month to get up to speed with the new system.

Common collocations

  • bring someone up to speed
  • get up to speed
  • up to speed on something
  • keep someone up to speed
  • loop inTo include someone in an email, conversation or project so that they are informed and can follow what is happening.
  • recapA short summary of the main points of a meeting, call or discussion, given at the end or sent afterwards. Also used as a verb.
  • onboardingThe process of welcoming new employees and helping them learn the company's systems, people and way of working.
  • keep me postedA friendly request asking someone to tell you about new developments or changes in a situation as they happen.

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