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upload

/ˌʌpˈləʊd//ˈʌpˌloʊd/

upload verb: to transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.

Verb

upload (third-person singular simple present uploads, present participle uploading, simple past and past participle uploaded)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) 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.
    Antonyms:
    download
  2. (Canada) 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.CBC News (9 January 2023 (last accessed)), “Dakota Brasier”, in CBC, CBC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023

Noun

upload (plural uploads)

  1. Such a file transfer.

upload meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

upload in Hindi

to transfer data
चढ़ाना caṛhānā, उपारोपण upāropaṇ
file transfer
उपारोपण upāropaṇ

upload in Tamil

to transfer data
அப்லோட் பண்ணு aplōṭ paṇṇu, பதிவேற்று pativēṟṟu
file transfer
அப்லோட் aplōṭ, பதிவேற்றம் pativēṟṟam

upload in Urdu

to transfer data
چَڑْھانا caṛhānā

upload in Bengali

আপলোড করা
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upload in Telugu
అప్లోడ్ చెయ్యడానికి, అప్లోడ్ చెయ్యాలి
upload in Malayalam
സംവേശിപ്പിക്കുക, സംവേശനം
upload in Kannada
ಮೇಲೇರಿಸು, ಮೇಲೇರಿಕೆ, ನಕಲೇರಿಸು, ಹಾಕು
upload in Punjabi
ਚਾੜ੍ਹਨਾ cāṛhnā, ਚੜ੍ਹਾਣਾ caṛhāṇā, چاڑھنا cāṛhnā, چَڑھاݨا caṛhāṇā
upload in Gujarati
ચઢાવવું caḍhāvvũ
upload in Sanskrit
उपारोपण upāropaṇa
upload in Assamese
উঠোৱা uthüa
upload in Arabic
حَمّل ḥammal, تَحْمٍيْل taḥmīl
upload in Malay
muat naik
upload in Indonesian
unggah, naik
upload in Thai
อัปโหลด áp-lòot
upload in Vietnamese
tải lên, truyền lên

Examples of upload in a sentence

  • Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.
  • This FTP client spawns a separate worker for each file to be uploaded.
  • Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.

All 40 example sentences with upload

Antonyms of upload

Forms of upload

Verb
third-person singular presentuploads
present participleuploading
past participleuploaded
pastuploaded
Noun
pluraluploads

Past tense of upload: uploaded

Origin of upload

From up- + load.

Words formed from upload

Questions about upload

What does upload mean?
Upload means to transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
What is upload in Hindi?
Upload in Hindi is चढ़ाना (caṛhānā), उपारोपण (upāropaṇ). See Upload meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is upload?
Upload can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce upload?
Upload is pronounced /ˌʌpˈləʊd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of upload?
The past tense of upload is uploaded.

Words near upload in the dictionary

  1. uplisted
  2. uplisting
  3. uplistings
  4. uplists
  5. uplit
  6. upload
  7. uploadability
  8. uploadable
  9. uploadables
  10. uploaded
  11. uploader

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: upload (page history and authors); upload (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); upload (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); upload (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); upload (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); উঠোৱা (Assamese) (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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