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offload

/ˌɒfˈləʊd/US/ˌɑfˈloʊd/

offload verb: to unload.

Verb

offload (third-person singular simple present offloads, present participle offloading, simple past and past participle offloaded)

  1. (transitive) To unload.
    • The driver of the car carrier offloaded the cars at the dealership.
    Synonyms:
    discharge
    Antonyms:
    load up
  2. (transitive) To get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
    • He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.
  3. (transitive) To pass the ball.
  4. (transitive) To deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
  5. (transitive) To change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
  6. To use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.

Noun

offload (countable and uncountable, plural offloads)

  1. The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
    • For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.2013, Bertrand Dufrasne, Bruno Anderson Barbosa, Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation
  2. The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
    • Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport

offload meaning in Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

offload in Marathi

to unload
विभारित करणे vibhārit karṇe, माल उतरवणे māl utravṇe

offload in Urdu

نجات پانا, سامان اتارنا

offload in Malayalam

empty (out), unload, remove
ഭാരമിറക്കുക, ചരക്കിറക്കുക, ചുമടിറക്കുക, ചുമടിറക്കി വയ്ക്കുക, നീക്കംചെയ്യുക, മാറ്റുക
dispose of, dump, jettison
കെെമാറുക, കെെയൊഴിക്കുക, മറിക്കുക, ചാണ്ടുക, ഒഴിച്ചുവിടുക, ഒഴിവാക്കുക

Synonyms of offload

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Forms of offload

Verb
third-person singular presentoffloads
present participleoffloading
past participleoffloaded
pastoffloaded
alternative formoff-load
Noun
pluraloffloads

Origin of offload

From off- + load.

Words formed from offload

Words that rhyme with offload

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Questions about offload

What does offload mean?
Offload means to unload.
What is offload in Marathi?
Offload in Marathi is विभारित करणे (vibhārit karṇe), माल उतरवणे (māl utravṇe). See Offload meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is offload?
Offload can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce offload?
Offload is pronounced /ˌɒfˈləʊd/.
What is the past tense of offload?
The past tense of offload is offloaded.

Words near offload in the dictionary

  1. offliner
  2. offliners
  3. offlines
  4. offlining
  5. offlist
  6. offload
  7. offloaded
  8. offloader
  9. offloaders
  10. offloading
  11. offloadings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: offload (page history and authors); offload (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offload (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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