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overload

UK /ˈəʊvəˌləʊd/US /ˈoʊvɚˌloʊd/

noun 4
/ˌoʊvɚˈloʊd/ verb 4
forms 3

noun4

•
An excessive load.
- If this last verbal overload has proven anything, it is that Rocko's Modern Life played better than it reads. — 2005
•
An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
- We did haul overloads sometimes[.] — 2000
•
An overloaded version of a function.
- Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class. — 2005
The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.

overload

UK /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/US /ˌoʊvɚˈloʊd/

verb4

To load excessively.
To provide too much power to a circuit.
To fail due to excessive load.
To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.

forms

overloaded · overloading · overloads

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