how to pronounce overload

/ˈoʊvɚˌloʊd/

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overload is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of overload in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… interested in solving email overload or …”

meanings of overload

verb:

To fail due to excessive load.
To load excessively.
To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts.
To provide too much power to a circuit.

noun:

The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
An excessive load.
An overloaded version of a function.

overload frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word overload occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics overload can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that overload can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;