upload
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌʌpˈləʊd//
- United States//ˈʌpˌloʊd//
- United States//əpˈloʊd//
- //ˌʊpˈləʊd//
- /[ˌʊpˈloːd]/
- /[ˈʊpˌloːd] ~ [ˈʊpˌlɔʊd]/
To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
verb
- 1
To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it.
- 2
To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a higher level of government.
Our government will not be uploading the DVP or Gardiner Expressway and will not be imposing any new tolls on any roads in Ontario.
Etymology
From up- + load.
noun
- 1
Such a file transfer.
Forms
- plural
- uploads
- past tense
- uploaded
- past participle
- uploaded
- present participle
- uploading
- third person singular
- uploads
Uphill · A suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North…uphold · To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.Uphold · A surname.
upload · To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
uploaded · Having been uploaded; having been digitally sent from one's…upon · alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.upper · At a higher physical position, level, rank or order.