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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of overload1

First recorded in 1545–55; over- + load
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California is now producing so much solar energy that the state must increasingly ask solar farms to stop producing to prevent overloading the electric grid.

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Other major causes included overloading, which led to 12,000 deaths, and driving without a valid licence, which factored in 34,000 crashes.

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With more than three-quarters of the game left Cust's rush of blood gave KR a huge advantage and they used it as Joe Burgess sent Hiku over after an overload down their left.

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It shows up at Easter or maybe at a spring potluck, often slightly too sweet and overloaded with nuts or raisins.

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You're getting away from some of that noise and potential sensory overload.

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