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overloaded

verb

Meaning

  1. To load excessively
  2. To provide too much power to a circuit
  3. To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
  4. To fail due to excessive load
  5. Loaded too heavily
  6. Of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
  7. Of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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