overload.
To load excessively.
Meaning & usage
To load excessively.
To provide too much power to a circuit.
To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
To fail due to excessive load.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English load English overload From over- + load.
An excessive load.
The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
An overloaded version of a function.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English load English overload From over- + load.
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