verb, noun
verb [VN] [oftenpassive]
1 to put too great a load on sth:
an overloaded truck
2 ~ sb (with sth) to give sb too much of sth:
He's overloaded with responsibilities. * Don't overload the students with information.
3 to put too great a demand on a computer, an electrical system, etc. causing it to fail:
The lights went out because the system was overloaded.
noun [U,sing.] too much of sth:
In these days of technological change we all suffer from information overload. * An electrical overload caused the fuse to blow.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for overload is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does overload appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — overload appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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