DLC

American  

abbreviation

1. downloadable content: additional content that can be purchased online and added on to a video game, as to enhance its features.

   If you buy the DLC, you’ll have access to the new weapon packs.

   I had more fun playing the DLC than the game itself.

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Etymology

Origin of DLC

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

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DLC

The group say individual planning applications submitted by DLC are being "drip-fed to the community" and this is "neither fair nor ethical".

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023

This took place alongside a gradual recruitment of DLC figures into the D.C. lobbying apparatus.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2023

I assume that the more successful the game is among buyers, the more likely DLC content is added, which is always a plus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

Those who preorder the game will get a free set of horse armor, which seems to be an ode to the infamous horse armor DLC from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2022

DLC 40 Reid, Ira De A. Negro youth, their social and economic backgrounds; a selected bibliography of unpublished studies, 1900-1938.

From The Negro in the United States; a selected bibliography. Compiled by Dorothy B. Porter by Porter, Dorothy B.