Preload

Quick meaning: Preload is a verb meaning (transitive) To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).

Meaning

(transitive) To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, British, slang) To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially.
2. (engineering) The internal application of stress to certain mechanical systems.
3. (anatomy) The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.

Example Sentences

My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software.

That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.

The preload itself should be tightened gradually. Many older threadless headsets suspend their preload bolts within soft plastic caps; they sink right through easily enough.

Word Forms

• preloads
• preloading
• preloaded

Synonyms for preload

Depending on context, synonyms include foreload, preinstall, pregame, pre-drink.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hook, foreload, preinstall, precache, prefetch, prebuffer.

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