Home › Words › P › predownloadpredownloadpredownload means A download made in advance.EtymologyFrom pre- + download.nounA download made in advance.e.g.“I obtained the script below because of a problem I was having with a slideshow. The show has 50 jpg images and because of sizes, a predownload is not feasible.” — 1999 November 23, Handi, “Why Doesn't This Script Work?”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet):verbTo download in advance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).