Overloaded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overloaded is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of overload.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of overload.
More Meanings
- loaded too heavily
- of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
- (computing) of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context
Example Sentences
Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
Synonyms for overloaded
Depending on context, synonyms include full, overladen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overladen, full, overburdened, overstretched, overworked, excessive.
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