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English

Etymology

down- +‎ load

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular download

Plural downloads

download (plural downloads)

  1. A file transfer to the local computer, especially one in progress.
    The download took longer than I expected.
  2. A file that has been, or will be transferred in this way.
    I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

Antonyms

Verb

Infinitive to download

Third person singular downloads

Simple past downloaded

Past participle downloaded

Present participle downloading

to download (third-person singular simple present downloads, present participle downloading, simple past and past participle downloaded)

  1. (transitive) To transfer (computer data, especially as one or more files) from a remote computer (server) to a local computer, usually via a network.
    You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) upload; to copy a file from a local computer to a remote computer via a network.
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) to transfer a file to or from removable media.
    I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM
  4. (transitive, nonstandard) to install software.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one
  • Hungarian: letölt hu(hu)
  • Italian: scaricare it(it)
  • Japanese: ダウンロードする ja(ja) (daunrōdo-suru)
  • Macedonian: презема mk(mk) (prézema), симнува mk(mk) (símnuva)
  • Polish: ściągać pl(pl), ściągnąć pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: descarregar pt(pt)
  • Romanian: please add this translation if you can
  • Russian: скачать ru(ru) (skačát’) (pf.), скачивать ru(ru) (skáčivat’) (impf.)
  • Spanish: descargar es(es)
  • Swedish: ladda ner, ladda hem, tanka ner, tanka hem, tanka, dra ner, dra hem, ta hem, plocka hem
  • Turkish: indirmek tr(tr)
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  • Catalan: descarregar
  • Hebrew: להוריד (Le'ho'rid)
  • Korean: 다운로드하다 (daunlodeu-hada), 내려받다 (naeryeobatda)
  • Portuguese: descarregar, baixar (used mostly in Brazil)
  • Romanian: descărca

Anagrams

Dutch

Noun

download m.

  1. A download.

Related terms

Italian

Noun

download m. inv.

  1. (computing) download

 

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