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Meaning of "upload" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UPLOAD

upload  [ʌpˈləʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPLOAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upload is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb upload in English.

WHAT DOES UPLOAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Upload

In computer networks, to upload can refer to the sending of data from a local system to a remote system such as a server or another client with the intent that the remote system should store a copy of the data being transferred, or the initiation of such a process.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UPLOAD

PRESENT

Present
I upload
you upload
he/she/it uploads
we upload
you upload
they upload
Present continuous
I am uploading
you are uploading
he/she/it is uploading
we are uploading
you are uploading
they are uploading
Present perfect
I have uploaded
you have uploaded
he/she/it has uploaded
we have uploaded
you have uploaded
they have uploaded
Present perfect continuous
I have been uploading
you have been uploading
he/she/it has been uploading
we have been uploading
you have been uploading
they have been uploading
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I uploaded
you uploaded
he/she/it uploaded
we uploaded
you uploaded
they uploaded
Past continuous
I was uploading
you were uploading
he/she/it was uploading
we were uploading
you were uploading
they were uploading
Past perfect
I had uploaded
you had uploaded
he/she/it had uploaded
we had uploaded
you had uploaded
they had uploaded
Past perfect continuous
I had been uploading
you had been uploading
he/she/it had been uploading
we had been uploading
you had been uploading
they had been uploading
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will upload
you will upload
he/she/it will upload
we will upload
you will upload
they will upload
Future continuous
I will be uploading
you will be uploading
he/she/it will be uploading
we will be uploading
you will be uploading
they will be uploading
Future perfect
I will have uploaded
you will have uploaded
he/she/it will have uploaded
we will have uploaded
you will have uploaded
they will have uploaded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been uploading
you will have been uploading
he/she/it will have been uploading
we will have been uploading
you will have been uploading
they will have been uploading
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would upload
you would upload
he/she/it would upload
we would upload
you would upload
they would upload
Conditional continuous
I would be uploading
you would be uploading
he/she/it would be uploading
we would be uploading
you would be uploading
they would be uploading
Conditional perfect
I would have upload
you would have upload
he/she/it would have upload
we would have upload
you would have upload
they would have upload
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been uploading
you would have been uploading
he/she/it would have been uploading
we would have been uploading
you would have been uploading
they would have been uploading
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you upload
we let´s upload
you upload
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to upload
Past participle
uploaded
Present Participle
uploading
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UPLOAD


boatload
ˈbəʊtˌləʊd
busload
ˈbʌsləʊd
caseload
ˈkeɪsləʊd
disload
dɪsˈləʊd
download
ˈdaʊnˌləʊd
explode
ɪkˈspləʊd
hallowed
ˈhæləʊd
implode
ɪmˈpləʊd
load
ləʊd
lode
ləʊd
onload
ˌɒnˈləʊd
overload
ˌəʊvəˈləʊd
payload
ˈpeɪˌləʊd
preload
ˌpriːˈləʊd
reload
riːˈləʊd
shitload
ˈʃɪtˌləʊd
truckload
ˈtrʌkˌləʊd
unhallowed
ʌnˈhæləʊd
unload
ʌnˈləʊd
workload
ˈwɜːkˌləʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPLOAD

upland sandpiper
uplander
uplandish
uplands
uplay
uplead
uplean
upleap
uplift
uplift bra
uplifted
uplifter
uplifting
upliftingly
uplight
uplighter
uplink
uplock
uplook
uplying

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPLOAD

armload
backload
base load
bucket-load
carload
cartload
dead load
drive-by download
dummy load
freeload
glycemic load
information overload
live load
off-load
peak load
shipload
tensile load
trainload
underload
wash load

Synonyms and antonyms of upload in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upload» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPLOAD

Find out the translation of upload to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of upload from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «upload» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

上传
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subir
570 millions of speakers

English

upload
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपलोड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحميل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

загрузить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fazer upload
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপলোড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

télécharger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muat naik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hochladen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

転送する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자료를 전송하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Upload
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tải lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதிவேற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपलोड करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüklemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trasferire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przesłać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

завантажити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încărca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταφόρτωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ladda upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laste opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upload

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPLOAD»

The term «upload» is very widely used and occupies the 517 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UPLOAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about upload

EXAMPLES

9 QUOTES WITH «UPLOAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word upload.
1
Felicia Day
I was a huge fan of video games; I wanted to write something, and I saw the tools at my fingertips to upload a video to my audience, and that's why I'm here today. I think that freedom and the lack of gatekeepers, combined with people's passion, is what really the true spirit of Internet geekdom is about.
2
Christopher deCharms
Neurotechnology may benefit from questioning what kinds of low-information-content signals we can read and write before we try to upload and download consciousness.
3
Chris DeWolfe
Users socialize to figure out what they're going to do on the weekend. They use MySpace to discover new music and post events. Musicians upload their music. People use it for entertainment purposes or to sell goods in the classified area. MySpace makes what they do in the offline world a) more efficient or b) more interesting.
4
Janina Gavankar
IMDb only lists specific projects. It doesn't list theater, commercial, and most non-union work. You also have to pay to upload your reel to most sites, and some places still make you walk your DVD into their physical location.
5
Liza Lapira
I like to talk. That's why I can't karaoke in a private room. Those types of shenanigans are only good in a public space. I got to say, though, with smartphones and instant upload of everything, our generation and definitely the next generation coming up, it's going to be hard to act a fool.
6
Andy Milonakis
I'd think of a topic and just rant on it and transfer it to the computer, upload it. It's such a quick thing. You post it on your website and after an hour, 10 people write comments.
7
Jeff Ross
With everybody having a Facebook and a Twitter, I feel like regular people consider themselves stars. It's a live, real-time upload of every time we buy a pair of socks, the most telling sign that we're losing our politeness. When you know everything about somebody, you can talk to them any way you please.
8
Aaron Swartz
We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.
9
Frank Tipler
Future generations will know there's nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore's law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPLOAD»

Discover the use of upload in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upload and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Upload
In this thrilling near future science fiction novel, Mark McClelland explores the immense potential of computer based consciousness and the philosophical perils of simulated society.
Mark McClelland, 2012
2
SharePoint 2007 How-To
SharePoint is most commonly used to store files, list items, and forms. This chapter covers tasks for the authors of files or list items, such as how to upload a file, create a new list item, edit their properties, and publish the result to share it with ...
Ishai Sagi, 2009
3
Glory Upload: Legacy Building on Purpose
Legacy Building on Purpose LaTesha Whitfield-Chambers. free from all problems - to get rid of everything that is difficult or unpleasant....For many people “ christianity” is nothing more than another way to get their problems solved” (p57).
LaTesha Whitfield-Chambers, 2014
4
RTML 101: The Unofficial Guide to Yahoo! Store Templates
The Database Upload function of Yahoo! Store® has its shortcomings (you cannot use it to override variables, upload text for sections [at least not easily], generate accessories [again, without some “trickery”], or upload any kind of images).
Istvan Siposs, 2003
5
Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
The buttons on the Action bar are a little different because of the introduction of the Upload button. Otherwise the New, Actions, and Settings buttons are where you would expect them in any standard list. Libraries can be used to create new ...
C. A. Callahan, 2011
6
Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2679
At UPLOAD time LithoSEIS will linearly interpolate over the duration of a DEPLOYMENT to calculate a timing correction relevant to the start time of a TRACE. This correction will be stored. The second correction requires user intervention to ...
Asudeh, I, Wetmiller, R, Spencer, C
7
Google Talking
An important thing to keep in mind in regard to bandwidth speed is that not all connection speeds are created equal.This matters most when it comes to upload speed, which affects your ability to send audio. Upload speed is how fast you can  ...
Joshua Brashars, Johnny Long, 2006
8
Droid Bionic For Dummies
One of the fastest ways to put an image on the Internet is to make a quick upload to your Picasa album. (If you haven't yet configured a Picasa account for your Droid Bionic, refer to the preceding section.) The quick upload happens courtesy of ...
Dan Gookin, 2011
9
The Glass Castle
This is a startling memoir of a successful journalist’s journey from the deserted and dusty mining towns of the American Southwest, to an antique filled apartment on Park Avenue.
Jeannette Walls, 2010
10
Cognito Media Test: How to Upload an eBook
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Cognito, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPLOAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upload is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dropbox's New Requests Feature Lets Anyone Upload Files To …
Called “File Requests,” the option gives anyone you ask the ability to upload files into your Dropbox account, into a folder of your choosing. Through a simple ... «TechCrunch, Jun 15»
2
Upload your music to OneDrive, play it with Xbox Music apps
Microsoft's OneDrive cloud storage service lets you store just about any type of file online where you can access it on any device with a OneDrive app or a web ... «Liliputing, Mar 15»
3
YouTube for Android update adds video trimming, faster uploads
Need to do a little last-minute fine-tuning to that video of your cat before you upload it to YouTube? If you're an Android user, you can now trim your video clips ... «Greenbot, Feb 15»
4
Google now lets you upload 50000 songs to the cloud for free
The company has just announced that effective immediately, you'll be able to upload up to 50,000 songs from your personal music collection and store them in ... «The Verge, Feb 15»
5
Microsoft planning ambitious new updates for the Xbox One to follow …
The new content for Upload Studio gives fans the chance to use the new features and make longer videos with the extended 30 minute limit. With the Kinect ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 15»
6
Xbox One Upload Studio major update adds effects, templates
In the Xbox One world, this is made possible with the Upload Studio app. Today, Microsoft is pushing out a major update to the software that gives users a lot ... «SlashGear, Feb 15»
7
HealthCare.gov does not allow option to upload green card
They're baffled, though, by what looks like an obvious lapse: There is no clear way to upload a copy of their green card, the government identification document ... «Fox News, Nov 14»
8
4G upload speeds 'seven times faster' than 3G
Uploading content, such as photos or videos, is more than seven times faster on 4G than on 3G, according to new research published by Ofcom today. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
9
Microsoft Increases OneDrive File Uploads to 10GB
The improvements include a relaxed file upload limit (to 10GB max), an easier way to share links to OneDrive folders and support for folder drag-and-drop ... «Redmondmag.com, Sep 14»
10
The Biggest Bar Exam Disaster Ever? ExamSoft Makes Everyone's …
An unknown number of bar candidates, but surely numbering into the thousands, cannot upload their completed exams to ExamSoft — despite deadlines for ... «Above the Law, Jul 14»

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