download
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/
ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
ipa: /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, verb) -əʊd
Forms: form: downloads
form: downloading
form: downloaded
form: downloaded
form: DL
form: dl
form: d/l
form: D/L
Etymology: From down- + load. Verbal form first appears c. 1962 in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Times. Nominal form first appears c. 1977 in Scientific American.
Senses: examples: text: You can download a trial version of the program for thirty days to determine whether you want to purchase the full version.
text: You can download Google's deskbar for free […]
ref: 2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:
text: 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.
ref: 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3
text: Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.
ref: 2012, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier, Heather Moorfield-Lang, Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, page 38:
text: 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.
ref: 2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian:
text: That original list of 2,315 solutions was embedded in the game’s code. That means the game was playable offline and could be downloaded onto phones or computers. The solutions to the original Wordle game were predetermined through October 20, 2027. The New York Times (NYT) hasn’t said if it plans to make any more changes or additions to that initial list.
ref: 2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network.
glosses: Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
synonyms: word: upload
extra: to send data from a given computer to a remote one
examples: text: When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.
glosses: Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.
synonyms: word: copy
extra: to transfer data to or from removable media
glosses: Synonym of install: to load software forced.
synonyms: word: install
extra: to load software forced
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
examples: text: In 1997, The Harris government also downloaded a number of social services to municipal governments, including affordable housing.
ref: Allister Thompson ((Can we date this quote?)), “Mike Harris”, in The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Canadian Encyclopedia, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023
glosses: To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government.
Hypernyms: copy
move
transfer
Coordinate terms: upload
Derived terms: autodownload
downloadability
downloadable
downloader
redownload
undownload
undownloaded