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overload

[ verb oh-ver-lohd; noun oh-ver-lohd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to load to excess; overburden:

    Don't overload the raft or it will sink.



noun

  1. an excessive load.

overload

verb

  1. tr to put too large a load on or in
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an excessive load
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overload1

First recorded in 1545–55; over- + load
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I’m not that interested in the food part, but I will completely overload on popcorn — as many refills as I can get.

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The Professional Footballers' Association also joined a legal action against Fifa last summer over the "overloaded and unworkable" football calendar.

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A migrant has died after trying to cross the English Channel in an overloaded boat, a day after another person died attempting the journey.

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The team behind “American Idol” frames the show’s steadfastness as a selling point in an era of digital overload and cultural upheaval.

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It warned that the part of the Channel was "a particularly dangerous sector, especially in the middle of winter for precarious and overloaded boats", as it was a busy shipping lane with difficult weather conditions.

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