download

(Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to download

/taːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/

/taːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯⁵⁵/


download

nl-noun

download m (plural downloads, diminutive downloadje n)

downloads (plural)
downloadje (diminutive neuter)


download

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


download

The download took longer than I expected.

A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.

I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.

The blue sites will be blocked on all school computers, and no email or instant messaging will be set up or permitted. These student computers would strictly be for school use. Teachers will be able to request downloads from students' jumpdrives.

2007, Barbara Ellen Harris, I Am So Pissed!:

A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.

downloads (plural)
DL (alternative)
dl (alternative)
d/l (alternative)
D/L (alternative)

Bengali: ডাউনলোড (ḍaunlōḍ)

Dutch: download

German: Download

Hindi: डाउनलोड (ḍāunloḍ)

Italian: download

Japanese: ダウンロード (daunrōdo)

Korean: 다운로드 (daunnodeu)

Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)

Portuguese: download

Urdu: ڈاؤنلوڈ (ḍāunloḍ)

From down- + load. Verbal form first appears c. 1962 in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times. Nominal form first appears c. 1977 in Scientific American.


download

You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.

You can download Google's deskbar for free […]

2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:

Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences.
Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.

2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3

Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.

2012, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier, Heather Moorfield-Lang, Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, page 38:

With Apple’s solar farm, customers could now be confident that downloading an app or video-chatting a friend would not increase carbon pollution, Jackson said.

2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian:

(transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.

upload

When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.

copy

(transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.

(transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.

In 1997, The Harris government also downloaded a number of social services to municipal governments, including affordable housing.

Allister Thompson ((Can we date this quote?)) “Mike Harris”, in The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Canadian Encyclopedia, archived from the original on 2023-08-13

(transitive, Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government.

en-verb

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

downloads (present singular third-person)
downloading (participle present)
downloaded (participle past)
downloaded (past)
DL (alternative)
dl (alternative)
d/l (alternative)
D/L (alternative)

→ Danish: downloade

→ Dutch: downloaden

→ German: downloaden; herunterladen (calque)

desc

→ Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)

→ Lao: ດາວໂຫຼດ (dāo lōt)

→ Malay: muat turun (calque)

→ Maltese: ddawnlowdja

→ Thai: ดาวน์โหลด (daao-lòot)

نَزَّلَ

to transfer data from a remote computer to a local one


download

(computing) download (file transfer to the local computer)

Unadapted borrowing from English download.


download

-download (canonical)
kudownload (infinitive)
kudownload (infinitive)
kutodownload (infinitive negative)
download (imperative singular)
downloadni (imperative plural)
hudownload (habitual)
positive subject concord + -lidownload (past)
negative subject concord + -kudownload (negative past)
ninadownload (first-person present singular)
nadownload (first-person present singular)
tunadownload (first-person plural present)
unadownload (present second-person singular)
mnadownload (plural present second-person)
anadownload (class-1 class-2 present singular third-person)
wanadownload (class-1 class-2 plural present third-person)
positive subject concord + -nadownload (present third-person)
sidownload (first-person negative present singular)
hatudownload (first-person negative plural present)
hudownload (negative present second-person singular)
hamdownload (negative plural present second-person)
hadownload (class-1 class-2 negative present singular third-person)
hawadownload (class-1 class-2 negative plural present third-person)
negative subject concord + -download (negative present third-person)
positive subject concord + -tadownload (future)
negative subject concord + -tadownload (future negative)
nidownload (first-person singular subjunctive)
tudownload (first-person plural subjunctive)
udownload (second-person singular subjunctive)
mdownload (plural second-person subjunctive)
adownload (class-1 class-2 singular subjunctive third-person)
wadownload (class-1 class-2 plural subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -download (subjunctive third-person)
positive subject concord + -sidownload (negative subjunctive)
positive subject concord + -ngedownload (irrealis present)
nadownload (first-person gnomic singular)
twadownload (first-person gnomic plural)
wadownload (gnomic second-person singular)
mwadownload (gnomic plural second-person)
adownload (class-1 class-2 gnomic singular third-person)
wadownload (class-1 class-2 gnomic plural third-person)
wadownload (class-3 class-4 gnomic singular third-person)
yadownload (class-3 class-4 gnomic plural third-person)
ladownload (class-5 class-6 gnomic singular third-person)
yadownload (class-5 class-6 gnomic plural third-person)
chadownload (class-7 class-8 gnomic singular third-person)
vyadownload (class-7 class-8 gnomic plural third-person)
yadownload (class-10 class-9 gnomic singular third-person)
zadownload (class-10 class-9 gnomic plural third-person)
wadownload (class-11 gnomic singular third-person)
kwadownload (class-15 class-17 gnomic singular third-person)
padownload (class-16 gnomic singular third-person)
mwadownload (class-18 gnomic singular third-person)
positive subject concord + -medownload (perfect)
negative subject concord + -jadownload (not-yet-form)
positive subject concord + -kidownload (if-when-form)
positive subject concord + -kadownload (consecutive subjunctive)
-nidownload (first-person indicative object-concord singular)
-tudownload (first-person indicative object-concord plural)
-kudownload (indicative object-concord second-person singular)
-wadownload (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-kudownloadni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-wadownloadni (indicative object-concord plural second-person)
-mdownload (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-wadownload (class-1 class-2 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udownload (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-idownload (class-3 class-4 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-lidownload (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-yadownload (class-5 class-6 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-kidownload (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-vidownload (class-7 class-8 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-idownload (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-zidownload (class-10 class-9 indicative object-concord plural third-person)
-udownload (class-11 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-kudownload (class-15 class-17 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-padownload (class-16 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-mudownload (class-18 indicative object-concord singular third-person)
-jidownload (indicative object-concord reflexive)
-downloadye (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-downloado (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-downloado (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadyo (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-downloadlo (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadyo (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-downloadcho (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadvyo (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-downloadyo (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadzo (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-downloado (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadko (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadpo (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-downloadmo (class-18 object-concord relative singular)
-yedownload (class-1 class-2 object-concord relative singular)
-odownload (class-1 class-2 object-concord plural relative)
-odownload (class-3 class-4 object-concord relative singular)
-yodownload (class-3 class-4 object-concord plural relative)
-lodownload (class-5 class-6 object-concord relative singular)
-yodownload (class-5 class-6 object-concord plural relative)
-chodownload (class-7 class-8 object-concord relative singular)
-vyodownload (class-7 class-8 object-concord plural relative)
-yodownload (class-10 class-9 object-concord relative singular)
-zodownload (class-10 class-9 object-concord plural relative)
-odownload (class-11 object-concord relative singular)
-kodownload (class-15 class-17 object-concord relative singular)
-podownload (class-16 object-concord relative singular)
-modownload (class-18 object-concord relative singular)