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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. 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. 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. 1

    Such a file transfer.

Forms

plural
uploads
past tense
uploaded
past participle
uploaded
present participle
uploading
third person singular
uploads
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).