download

See also: Download

English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, noun) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnˌləʊd/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (Received Pronunciation, verb) IPA(key): /ˌdaʊnˈləʊd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, verb) -əʊd

Noun

download (plural downloads)

  1. A file transfer to a given computer or device from a remote one through a network connection.
    The download took longer than I expected.
  2. A file that has been or is intended to be transferred in this way.
    I got the download but it wouldn't work on my computer.
    • 2007, Barbara Ellen Harris, I Am So Pissed!:
      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.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive, computing) To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one 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.
    • 2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:
      You can download Google's deskbar for free […]
    • 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3:
      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.
    • 2012, Rebecca K. Miller, Carolyn Meier, Heather Moorfield-Lang, Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets, page 38:
      Finally, some e-content must first be downloaded to a computer before being transferred to a tablet or other mobile device for viewing.
    • 2014 July 25, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Apple eyes solar to power the cloud and iPhone 6 sapphire manufacturing”, in The Guardian‎[6]:
      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.
    • 2022 February 15, David Goldman, “Why your Wordle answers might now be different than your friends’”, in CNN Business‎[7]:
      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.
  2. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of upload: to send data from a given computer to a remote one.
  3. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of copy: to transfer data to or from removable media.
    When I was your age, there were no flash drives. I needed to download photos to a CD-ROM.
  4. (transitive, nonstandard) Synonym of install: to load software forced.
  5. (transitive, firearms) To load a gun (especially a muzzle-loader) with less propellant than its designed load.
  6. (transitive, Canada) To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a lower level of government. [1][2][3]
    • 2008, Allister Thompson, Mike Harris, The Canadian Encyclopedia:
      In 1997, The Harris government also downloaded a number of social services to municipal governments, including affordable housing. [4]

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References

  1. ^ Raisa B. Deber, Kris Millan, Howard Shapiro, Christopher W. Mcdougall (2006) “A Cautionary Tale of Downloading Public Health in Ontario: What Does It Say about the Need for National Standards for More Than Doctors and Hospitals?”, in Healthcare Policy‎[1]
  2. ^ John Michael McGrath (19 August 2019) “Why municipalities are worried about the return of “the D word”: Downloading”, in TVO‎[2], TVO, archived from the original on 13 August 2023
  3. ^ The Canadian Press (30 April 2019) “27 Ontario mayors slam province for downloading costs, forcing possible tax hikes”, in CBC‎[3], CBC, archived from the original on 13 August 2023
  4. ^ Allister Thompson ((Can we date this quote?)) “Mike Harris”, in The Canadian Encyclopedia‎[4], The Canadian Encyclopedia, archived from the original on 13 August 2023

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Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English download.

Pronunciation

Verb

download

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to download

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References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯n.loːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: down‧load

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (plural downloads, diminutive downloadje n)

  1. download

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

download

  1. inflection of downloaden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English download.

Noun

download m (invariable)

  1. (computing) download

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English download.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdaw̃ˈlo(w)d͡ʒ(i)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌdawnˈlo(w)d(ɨ)/

Noun

download m (plural downloads)

  1. (computing) download (file transfer to the local computer)
    Synonym: descarregamento

Swahili

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English download.[1]

Verb

-download (infinitive kudownload)

  1. to download

Conjugation

Conjugation of -download
Positive present -nadownload
Subjunctive -download
Negative -download
Imperative singular download
Infinitives
Positive kudownload
Negative kutodownload
Imperatives
Singular download
Plural downloadni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudownload
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidownload
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudownload
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadownload)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadownload/nadownload tunadownload
2nd person unadownload mnadownload
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadownload wanadownload
other classes positive subject concord + -nadownload
Negative present (negative subject concord + -download)
Singular Plural
1st person sidownload hatudownload
2nd person hudownload hamdownload
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadownload hawadownload
other classes negative subject concord + -download
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadownload
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadownload
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -download)
Singular Plural
1st person nidownload tudownload
2nd person udownload mdownload
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adownload wadownload
other classes positive subject concord + -download
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidownload
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedownload
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedownload
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidownload
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidownload
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adownload)
Singular Plural
1st person nadownload twadownload
2nd person wadownload mwadownload
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adownload wadownload
m-mi(III/IV) wadownload yadownload
ji-ma(V/VI) ladownload yadownload
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadownload vyadownload
n(IX/X) yadownload zadownload
u(XI) wadownload see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadownload
pa(XVI) padownload
mu(XVIII) mwadownload
Perfect positive subject concord + -medownload
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadownload
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadownload
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidownload
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodownload
Consecutive kadownload / positive subject concord + -kadownload
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadownload
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidownload -tudownload
2nd person -kudownload -wadownload/-kudownloadni/-wadownloadni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdownload -wadownload
m-mi(III/IV) -udownload -idownload
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidownload -yadownload
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidownload -vidownload
n(IX/X) -idownload -zidownload
u(XI) -udownload see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudownload
pa(XVI) -padownload
mu(XVIII) -mudownload
Reflexive -jidownload
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -download- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -downloadye -downloado
m-mi(III/IV) -downloado -downloadyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -downloadlo -downloadyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -downloadcho -downloadvyo
n(IX/X) -downloadyo -downloadzo
u(XI) -downloado see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -downloadko
pa(XVI) -downloadpo
mu(XVIII) -downloadmo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -download)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedownload -odownload
m-mi(III/IV) -odownload -yodownload
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodownload -yodownload
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodownload -vyodownload
n(IX/X) -yodownload -zodownload
u(XI) -odownload see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodownload
pa(XVI) -podownload
mu(XVIII) -modownload
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References

  1. ^ Petzell, Malin (2005) “Expanding the Swahili vocabulary”, in Africa & Asia‎[5], volume 5, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 November 2009, page 87 of 85-107: “The infinitival form of the verb constitutes class 15. Many of the new verbs borrowed from English are put into this class such as kudownload ‘to download’.”
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