upload — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.

   Usage

   • Intransitive
   • Transitive

   Antonyms

   download

   Examples

   You will have to convert your photograph to a jpg format if you wish to upload it.

2. To transfer jurisdiction and responsibility of a government asset or service to a higher level of government.

   Usage

   • Canada

   Examples

   Our government will not be uploading the DVP or Gardiner Expressway and will not be imposing any new tolls on any roads in Ontario.

Noun

1. Such a file transfer.

Verb

1. transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location

   Antonyms

   download

   Broader terms

   transfer