Dictionary

overload en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɐʉvəˌlɐʉd/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈoʊvɚˌloʊd/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈəʊvəˌləʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɐʉvəˈlɐʉd/ (Australia)
• /ˈəʉvəˌləʉd/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English load English overload From over- + load.

Meanings

1. An excessive load.
   • If this last verbal overload has proven anything, it is that Rocko's Modern Life played better than it reads. 2005, Hal Erickson, Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z, page 677:
2. The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
3. An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
   • We did haul overloads sometimes[.] 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 60:
4. An overloaded version of a function.
   • Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class. 2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming:

Forms

Deriveds

information overload · sensory overload · progressive overload

Relateds

overloading

Translations (32)

tr fazla doldurma (excessive load) · ro sarcină excesivă (excessive load) · hu túlterhelés (excessive load) · de Überlastung (excessive load) · fr surcharge (excessive load) · sv överbelastning (excessive load) · da overbelastning (excessive load) · fi ylikuorma (excessive load) · sv överdos (excessive load) · tr fazla yükleme (excessive load) · ro suprasarcină (excessive load) · tr aşırı yükleme (overloaded version of a function) · de Überladung (overloaded version of a function) · sv överflöd (excessive load) · ja 過積載 (excessive load) · ja 過負荷 (excessive load) · fi ylikuormitus (excessive load) · ka გადატვირთვა (excessive load) · uk переванта́ження (excessive load) · sv överlagring (overloaded version of a function) · bg претоварване (excessive load) · es sobrecarga (excessive load) · sv överlast (excessive load) · el υπερφόρτωση (excessive load) · ro supraîncărcare (excessive load) · cs přetížení (excessive load) · ru перегру́зка (excessive load) · kl artukkiineq (excessive load) · id beban lebih (excessive load) · hu túlterheltség (excessive load) · de Überladung (excessive load) · tl tambanggalan (excessive load)

overload en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌəʉvəˈləʉd/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌoʊvɚˈloʊd/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˌɐʉvəˈlɐʉd/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌɐʉvəˈlɐʉd/ (Australia)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English load English overload From over- + load.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To load excessively.
2. (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
3. (qualifier:object-oriented programming, transitive) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
4. (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

Forms

Deriveds

overloader · overloadable · overloadability

Translations (49)

nl overladen (to load excessively) · ga anluchtaigh (to load excessively) · da overbelaste (to load excessively) · ru перегружа́ть (to load excessively) · fi ylikuormata (to load excessively) · ca enfarfegar (to load excessively) · lb iwwerlueden (to load excessively) · fi ylikuormittaa (to provide too much power to a circuit) · it sovraccaricare (to provide too much power to a circuit) · uk переванта́жувати (to load excessively) · cmn 超載 /超载 (to load excessively) · fi ylikuormittaa (to load excessively) · tr fazla doldurmak (to load excessively) · tr fazla yüklemek (to provide too much power to a circuit) · de überladen (to create different functions for the same name) · vi nạp chồng hàm (to create different functions for the same name) · ca recarregar (to load excessively) · sv överlagra (to create different functions for the same name) · de überlasten (to load excessively) · vi quá tải (to load excessively) · de überlastet sein (to fail due to excessive load) · fr surcharger (to create different functions for the same name) · vi tải bội (to create different functions for the same name) · pl przeładować (to create different functions for the same name) · ro supraîncărca (to provide too much power to a circuit) · bg претоварвам (to load excessively) · sv överbelasta (to load excessively) · ro supraînsărcina (to load excessively) · fr surcharger (to load excessively) · tr aşırı yüklemek (to create different functions for the same name) · cs přetížit (to create different functions for the same name) · de überladen (to provide too much power to a circuit) · de überlasten (to provide too much power to a circuit) · fi ylikuormittua (to fail due to excessive load) · it sovraccaricare (to load excessively) · de überladen (to load excessively) · pt sobrecarregar (to load excessively) · cmn 重载 (to create different functions for the same name) · io supercharjar (to load excessively) · vi chồng hàm (to create different functions for the same name) · ro supraîncărca (to load excessively) · cs přetížit (to load excessively) · bg претоварвам (to provide too much power to a circuit) · ro supraînsărcina (to provide too much power to a circuit) · uk переванта́жити (to load excessively) · fi kuormittaa (to create different functions for the same name) · hu túlterhel (to load excessively) · ru перегрузи́ть (to load excessively) · es sobrecargar (to load excessively)