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# upload

verb (upload, uploads, uploaded, uploading); noun (an upload, uploads)

«upload» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (verb) To send a file, photo or video from your device to the internet or to another computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#m1)
2. (noun) A file that has been uploaded, or the act of uploading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#m2)

### In the lessons

In computing lessons upload is the opposite of download: download brings things to your device, upload sends them away. Online safety lessons teach to think before you upload: photos and posts can stay online for ever and strangers might see them. Teachers ask pupils to upload homework to a class website. Phrases: upload a photo, upload to the cloud, upload speed.

### Examples

- Upload your homework to the class page by Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x1)
- The video is still uploading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x2)
- Ask a parent before you upload a photo of yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x3)
- Once you upload something, it can be hard to delete. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x4)
- My upload speed is much slower than my download speed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x5)
- She uploaded her drawing to the art competition website. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/#x6)

### Note

Past: uploaded. Opposite: download. Safety: never upload your address, school name or private photos; once online, copies may stay for ever. In maths: upload time = file size ÷ upload speed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «upload» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/upload/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«upload» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/upload.html) on Mova free.