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Past tense of overload

regular verb

The past tense of overload is overloaded. The past participle is also overloaded.

Forms of overload

Base form (V1)overload /ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/
Past tense (V2)overloaded
Past participle (V3)overloaded
Present participleoverloading /ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)ləʊdɪŋ/
Third person singularoverloads

Overloaded in a sentence

  • The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.From the entry cargo
  • The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.From the entry ping
  • The frequent occurrence of crush loads is indicative of a severely overloaded system requiring immediate improvements to increase its passenger capacity.From the entry crush load
  • Or maybe the delicious (but probably toxic) fumes from the crispitos had overloaded my brain.2016 04, Noa Gavin, Nick Scott, Practical Applications for Multiverse Theory: A Novel, Inkshares, →ISBN. From the entry crispito
  • You won't find vodka and cream sauces or overcheesed, overloaded pastas in Tuscany.2014, Gabriele Corcos, Debi Mazar, Extra Virgin: Recipes & Love from Our Tuscan Kitchen: A Cookbook. From the entry overcheesed

Meaning of overload

  1. verb To load excessively.
  2. verb To provide too much power to a circuit.
  3. verb To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.

Full definition of overload

Questions about the past tense of overload

What is the past tense of overload?
The past tense of overload is overloaded.
What is the past participle of overload?
The past participle of overload is overloaded.
Is overload a regular or irregular verb?
Overload is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: overload (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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