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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To transfer (data or programs) from a peripheral computer or device to a central computer or website.
  • intransitive verb To upload data or a program.
  • noun A file that is uploaded.
  • noun An instance of uploading data or a program.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, intransitive, computing to transfer data or files from a peripheral or subordinate system to a larger or more central one; especially from a personal computer to an Internet server.
  • noun Such a file transfer.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From up- +‎ load.

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antonyms (1)

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  1. download

hypernyms (1)

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  1. transfer

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forms (4)

Forms

  1. uploaded
  2. uploading
  3. uploads
  4. uploader

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