verb🔗ShareTo load excessively"The delivery truck was overloading its axles with too many boxes of books. "amounttechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo provide too much power to a circuit"Connecting too many appliances to one outlet was overloading the circuit and caused the lights to flicker. "electronicsenergytechnologyelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts"The teacher is overloading the word "important" by using it to mean both "crucial for the test" and "valuable in life," which is confusing the students. "computingtechnicalfunctionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fail due to excessive load"The old bridge collapsed after overloading it with too many heavy trucks at once. "technologycomputingtechnicalmachinephysicsscienceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA type of polymorphism, where different functions, operators or variables with the same name are invoked based on the data types of the parameters passed."The overloading of the + operator allows it to add numbers, but also to join strings together, making the code more readable. "computingtechnicalfunctiontypetechnologylanguagelogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLoading of a vehicle with too heavy a weight."Operators can be fined for overloading of vehicles."vehiclemasstrafficChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading