Standard Lemma guide

FTP

adj · intj · name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɛf tiː ˈpiː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 F T IY2 P IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

free-to-play

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Initialism of fuck the police.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of File Transfer Protocol (a technology for transferring files over the Internet).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An instance of sending files via FTP (the File Transfer Protocol).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Each batch is an FTP. The log tracking them is on the dashboard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of free trade port, a port that is a free trade zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: business, economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: FTZ, free trade zone, zone, place, site, location

6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of Future Time Perspective (a scale developed by Carstensen and Frieder Lang).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To transfer using File Transfer Protocol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • We FTP the whole dataset to the customer after we've scanned it to ensure that no restricted data is left inside it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: file transfer protocol

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protocol, communications protocol

Narrower terms: anonymous ftp, anonymous file transfer protocol

9

verb

Meaning 9

use the file transfer protocol to transfer data from one computer to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • You can FTP these data

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transfer

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.