overload
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Synonyms: overlord, overloud, o'erload, overlead, overlook, overlay, overhead, overlap, overbold, overcoat, overboard
Antonyms: overlord, overloud, o'erload, overlead, overlook, overlay, overhead, overlap, overbold, overcoat, overboard
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Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[load]] [[excessively]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To provide too much [[power]] to a [[circuit]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|object-oriented}} To create [[different]] [[function]]s for the same [[name]], to be used in different [[context]]s.
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[fail]] due to [[excessive]] [[load]].
Noun
- An [[excessive]] [[load]].
- The [[damage]] done, or the [[outage]] caused, by such a load.
- {{lb|en|automotive}} An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
- {{lb|en|computing|programming}} An [[overloaded]] version of a [[function]].
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