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o'erload

o'erload is the contraction of overload.

Meaning of overload

Verb

overload (third-person singular simple present overloads, present participle overloading, simple past and past participle overloaded)

  1. (transitive) To load excessively.
  2. (transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.
  3. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
  4. (intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

See all 8 meanings of overload

Forms of o'erload

third-person singular presento'erloads
present participleo'erloading
past participleo'erloaded
pasto'erloaded

Questions about o'erload

What is o'erload the contraction of?
O'erload is the contraction of overload.

Words near o'erload in the dictionary

  1. o'erlaid
  2. o'erlay
  3. o'erlaying
  4. o'erlays
  5. o'erleap
  6. o'erload
  7. o'erloaded
  8. o'erloading
  9. o'erloads
  10. o'erlook
  11. o'ernight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: o'erload (page history and authors); overload (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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