overload
verb /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/
/ˌəʊvərˈləʊd/
[often passive]Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overload | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/ /ˌəʊvərˈləʊd/ |
he / she / it overloads | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊdz/ /ˌəʊvərˈləʊdz/ |
past simple overloaded | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊdɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈləʊdɪd/ |
past participle overloaded | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊdɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈləʊdɪd/ |
-ing form overloading | /ˌəʊvəˈləʊdɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈləʊdɪŋ/ |
- overload something to put too great a load on something
- an overloaded truck
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- with
- be heavily overloaded
- be seriously overloaded
- overload somebody (with something) to give somebody too much of something
- He's overloaded with responsibilities.
- Don't overload the students with information.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- with
- be heavily overloaded
- be seriously overloaded
- overload something 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- with
- be heavily overloaded
- be seriously overloaded