collocation · informal
upload a video
UK/ˌʌpˈləʊd ə ˈvɪdɪəʊ/US/ˌʌpˈloʊd ə ˈvɪdioʊ/up·LOAD a VID·e·o
to put a video onto the internet or a website so others can see it
Examples
“I uploaded a video of my school play last night.”
“Can you upload the raw footage to the shared drive?”
“She often uploads travel vlogs every Sunday.”
Band 8 sentence
“I upload a short video to my channel every week so subscribers can follow my cooking experiments.”
Collocations
- upload a photo
- upload files to the cloud
- upload a video to YouTube
Word family
Common mistakes
I uploaded video to YouTube.→I uploaded a video to YouTube.
I uploaded it on Instagram.→I uploaded it to Instagram.
Say it for a higher band
5post a video→6share a video→7+upload a video
Synonyms
post (a video)
Easily confused
post a video
“She posted a short clip on her Instagram story for everyone to see.”
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