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overloads

overloads is the plural of overload.

overloads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overload.

Meaning of overload

Noun

overload (plural overloads)

  1. An excessive load.
    • If this last verbal overload has proven anything, it is that Rocko's Modern Life played better than it reads.2005, Hal Erickson, Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z, page 677
  2. The damage done, or the outage caused, by such a load.
  3. An 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
  4. An overloaded version of a function.
    • Code an overload of the insertion operator for the Rectangle class.2005, John C Molluzzo, C++ for business programming

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Phrases with overloads

Questions about overloads

What is overloads the plural of?
Overloads is the plural of overload.

Words near overloads in the dictionary

  1. overloadedness
  2. overloader
  3. overloaders
  4. overloading
  5. overloadings
  6. overloads
  7. overlock
  8. overlocked
  9. overlocker
  10. overlockers
  11. overlocking

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