upload
verb
up·load
(ˌ)əp-ˈlōd 
ˈəp-ˌlōd
ˈəp-ˌlōd
uploaded; uploading; uploads
: to transfer (something, such as data or files) from a computer or other digital device to the memory of another device (such as a larger or remote computer) especially via the Internet
Examples of upload in a Sentence
She uploaded the pictures from her digital camera to her computer.
upload files to the Internet
Recent Examples on the Web
At a time when many of his friends were starting families, Owens recorded dozens of tracks and focused on uploading his music to streaming platforms and performing at local venues like Lincoln’s Beard brewery.
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
Spearheaded by Brent Seales, a computer scientist at the University of Kentucky, the team scanned several of the scrolls and uploaded the data for anyone to use.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
In a video uploaded to YouTube in 2018, Alexander's brother Bill, 34, even revealed that his family adopted the last name Skarsgård in the mid-20th century after the Swedish government encouraged families to change their names to avoid confusion with other common Swedish names.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 May 2025
Last week, SoundCloud was accused of updating its terms of use to allow content uploaded to the site to be used as training data for artificial intelligence (AI).
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
Spearheaded by Brent Seales, a computer scientist at the University of Kentucky, the team scanned several of the scrolls and uploaded the data for anyone to use.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
In a video uploaded to YouTube in 2018, Alexander's brother Bill, 34, even revealed that his family adopted the last name Skarsgård in the mid-20th century after the Swedish government encouraged families to change their names to avoid confusion with other common Swedish names.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 14 May 2025
Last week, SoundCloud was accused of updating its terms of use to allow content uploaded to the site to be used as training data for artificial intelligence (AI).
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
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“Upload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upload. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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upload
verb
up·load
ˌəp-ˈlōd
ˈəp-ˌ
: to transfer (information) from a computer to a remote computer or other device
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