redownload

R1E1D2O1W4N1L1O1A1D2

verb

To download again.

RareScrabble 15

Meanings

verbredownload (third-person singular simple present redownloads, present participle redownloading, simple past and past participle redownloaded)

present singular third person redownloads · participle present redownloading · participle past redownloaded · past redownloaded

  1. To download again.
nounredownload (plural redownloads)

plural redownloads

  1. A second or subsequent download.

    The problem for e-marketing is that the use of DRM in its most restrictive manner limits the value and use of purchased goods (maximum numbers of reinstalls, limited numbers of redownloads of the software).

    2011, Stephen Dann, Susan Dann, E-Marketing: Theory and Application

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishdown-
  7. Englishload
  8. Englishdownload
  9. Englishredownload

From re- + download.

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Cite this entry
APA

redownload. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redownload

MLA

“redownload.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redownload. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redownload,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redownload.

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