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offload en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑfloʊd/ (US)
  • /ˈɒf.ləʊd/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɑfˈloʊd/ (US)

Etymology

From off- + load.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
    • For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security. 2013, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruno Anderson Barbosa, Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
    • Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line. 2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
offloads Number=Plur lexicographic
off-load alternative lexicographic

offload en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑfloʊd/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌɑfˈloʊd/ (US)
  • /ˌɒfˈləʊd/

Etymology

From off- + load.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To unload.
    • The driver of the car carrier offloaded the cars at the dealership.
  2. (transitive) To get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
    • He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.
  3. (transitive) To pass the ball.
  4. (transitive) To deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
  5. (transitive) To change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
  6. To use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
offloading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
offloaded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
offloaded Tense=Past lexicographic
offloads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
off-load alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

load up

Coordinates

transload · transship · reload

Deriveds

offloader

Relateds

download · upload

Synonyms

foist · pawn off · unload · pass off · discharge · palm off · fob off

Translations (11)

es desembarcar (to unload) · ru свали́ть (to get rid of things) · ru разгружа́ть (to unload) · mr माल उतरवणे (to unload) · es descargar (to unload) · mr विभारित करणे (to unload) · ru разгрузи́ть (to unload) · it scaricare (to unload) · ru сва́ливать (to get rid of things) · es librarse (to get rid of things) · it rifilare (to get rid of things)