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sideloaded

sideloaded is the simple past and past participle of sideload.

Meaning of sideload

Verb

sideload (third-person singular simple present sideloads, present participle sideloading, simple past and past participle sideloaded)

  1. (transitive) To transfer data between two local devices, rather than to or from a remote device.
    • I'm going to sideload my computer's address book onto my mobile phone.
  2. (transitive) To install an app on a mobile device by using any app store that doesn't come preinstalled like Google Play or Apple App Store. Or installing an app from an installation package. (.apk/.ipa)
    • Developer: I'm not paying 25$ to Google to put my free app on Google Play. User: I'm fine sideloading it from F-Droid. Thank you for the free app!

Questions about sideloaded

What is sideloaded the simple past and past participle of?
Sideloaded is the simple past and past participle of sideload.

Words near sideloaded in the dictionary

  1. sidelite
  2. sidelites
  3. Sidell
  4. Sidells
  5. sideload
  6. sideloaded
  7. sideloader
  8. sideloaders
  9. sideloading
  10. sideloads
  11. sidelobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sideloaded (page history and authors); sideload (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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