upload

English

Etymology

up- +‎ load

Verb

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

1. (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.

   You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it.

Derived terms

• uploader
• UL , ul , u/l , U/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• download

Translations

to transfer data

Arabic: رفع (ar) (ráfa`a) Catalan: pujar (ca), penjar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 上載 (cmn), 上载 (cmn) (shàngzài), 上傳 (cmn), 上传 (cmn) (shàngchuán) Esperanto: alŝuti (eo) Finnish: lähettää tiedosto, siirtää palvelimelle (fi) French: téléverser (fr), exporter (fr), envoyer (fr) German: (perfective) laden (de), hochladen (de) Greek: αναφορτώνω (el) (anafortóno)

Hungarian: feltölt (hu) Indonesian: unggah (id) Irish: uaslódáil (ga) Japanese: (perfective) アップロードする (ja) (appurōdo-suru) Macedonian: подига (mk) (pódiga) Russian: (imperfective) закачивать (ru) (zakáčivat’), (perfective) закачать (ru) (zakačát’) Scottish Gaelic: luchdaich a-nìos (gd) Spanish: subir (es)

Noun

upload (plural uploads)

1. Such a file transfer.

Derived terms

• UL , ul , u/l , U/L (abbreviation)

Antonyms

• download

Translations

file transfer

Arabic: رفع (ar) (raf`) m. Catalan: pujada (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 上傳 (cmn), 上传 (cmn) (shàngchuán) Esperanto: alŝuto (eo) Finnish: tiedoston lähetys French: envoi (fr)

Greek: αναφόρτωση (el) (anafórtosi) f. Hungarian: feltöltés (hu) Irish: uaslódáil (ga) f. Japanese: アップロード (ja) (appurōdo) Macedonian: подигање (mk) (podíganje) n. Persian: بارگذاری (fa) Russian: закачивание (ru) (zakáčivanije) n., закачка (ru) (zakáčka) f.

Anagrams

• load up

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Dutch

Verb

upload

1. first-person singular present indicative of uploaden.
2. imperative of uploaden.