Meanings
verboverload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)
present singular third person overloads · participle present overloading · participle past overloaded · past overloaded
- transitiveTo load excessively.
nounoverload (plural overloads)
plural overloads
- automotiveAn load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
We did haul overloads sometimes[.]
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 60 - computingAn overloaded version of a function.
Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.
2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishload
- Englishoverload
Translations
Bulgarian претоварвам, претоварвам
- претоварвам (pretovarvam)to load excessively
- претоварвам (pretovarvam)to provide too much power to a circuit
- претоварване (pretovarvane)excessive load
Catalan recarregar, enfarfegar
- recarregarto load excessively
- enfarfegarto load excessively
Chinese Mandarin 超載 /超载, 重载
- 超載 /超载 (chāozài)to load excessively
- 重载 (chóngzài)to create different functions for the same name
Czech přetížit, přetížit
- přetížitto load excessively
- přetížitto create different functions for the same name
- přetíženíexcessive load
Danish overbelaste, overbelastning
- overbelasteto load excessively
- overbelastningexcessive load
Dutch overladen
- overladento load excessively
Finnish ylikuormittaa, ylikuormata
- ylikuormittaato load excessively
- ylikuormatato load excessively
- ylikuormittaato provide too much power to a circuit
- kuormittaato create different functions for the same name
- ylikuormittuato fail due to excessive load
- ylikuormaexcessive load
- ylikuormitusexcessive load
French surcharger, surcharger
- surchargerto load excessively
- surchargerto create different functions for the same name
- surchargeexcessive load
German überladen, überlasten
- überladento load excessively
- überlastento load excessively
- überlastento provide too much power to a circuit
- überladento provide too much power to a circuit
- überladento create different functions for the same name
- überlastet seinto fail due to excessive load
- Überladungexcessive load
- Überlastungexcessive load
- Überladungoverloaded version of a function
Greek υπερφόρτωση
- υπερφόρτωση (yperfórtosi)excessive load
Hungarian túlterhel, túlterhelés
- túlterhelto load excessively
- túlterhelésexcessive load
- túlterheltségexcessive load
Indonesian beban lebih
- beban lebihexcessive load
Irish anluchtaigh
- anluchtaighto load excessively
Italian sovraccaricare, sovraccaricare
- sovraccaricareto load excessively
- sovraccaricareto provide too much power to a circuit
Japanese 過負荷, 過積載
- 過負荷 (kafuka)excessive load
- 過積載 (kasekisai)excessive load
Polish przeładować
- przeładowaćto create different functions for the same name
Portuguese sobrecarregar
- sobrecarregarto load excessively
Romanian supraîncărca, supraînsărcina
- supraîncărcato load excessively
- supraînsărcinato load excessively
- supraîncărcato provide too much power to a circuit
- supraînsărcinato provide too much power to a circuit
- suprasarcinăexcessive load
- supraîncărcareexcessive load
- sarcină excesivăexcessive load
Russian перегружа́ть, перегрузи́ть
- перегружа́ть (peregružátʹ)to load excessively
- перегрузи́ть (peregruzítʹ)to load excessively
- перегру́зка (peregrúzka)excessive load
Spanish sobrecargar, sobrecarga
- sobrecargarto load excessively
- sobrecargaexcessive load
Swedish överbelasta, överlagra
- överbelastato load excessively
- överlagrato create different functions for the same name
- överlastexcessive load
- överbelastningexcessive load
- överdosexcessive load
- överflödexcessive load
- överlagringoverloaded version of a function
Tagalog tambanggalan
- tambanggalanexcessive load
Turkish fazla doldurmak, fazla yüklemek
- fazla doldurmakto load excessively
- fazla yüklemekto provide too much power to a circuit
- aşırı yüklemekto create different functions for the same name
- fazla doldurmaexcessive load
- fazla yüklemeexcessive load
- aşırı yüklemeoverloaded version of a function
Ukrainian переванта́жувати, переванта́жити
- переванта́жувати (perevantážuvaty)to load excessively
- переванта́жити (perevantážyty)to load excessively
- переванта́ження (perevantážennja)excessive load
Vietnamese quá tải, tải bội
- quá tảito load excessively
- tải bộito create different functions for the same name
- chồng hàmto create different functions for the same name
- nạp chồng hàmto create different functions for the same name
Cite this entry
APA
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MLA
“overload.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overload. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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