download
verb (used with object)
to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
has been downloading
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present perfect progressiveof download (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But in Steve Gianakos, who has been downloading his twisted preoccupations onto paper and canvas since the early 1970s, we have an exception.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2012
