overlade
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English
Etymology
From Middle English overladen, equivalent to over- + lade. Cognate with Dutch overladen (“to overlade, overload”), German überladen (“to overload, overburden”), Swedish överladda (“to overload, overcharge”).
Verb
overlade (third-person singular simple present overlades, present participle overlading, simple past overladed, past participle overladed or overladen)
- (transitive) To load with too great a cargo or other burden; overburden; overload.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From over + lade. Compare German überlassen, Swedish överlåta, Dutch overlaten.
Pronunciation
Verb
overlade (imperative overlad, infinitive at overlade, present tense overlader, past tense overlod, perfect tense har overladt)
- to hand over, hand, leave (pass responsibility, control or ownership to somebody else)
- Børnene blev overladt til sig selv.
- The children were left to fend for themselves.
- Han overlod aldrig noget til tilfældighederne.
- He never left anything to chance.
- 2017, "Trump har overladt Syrien til Rusland", Politiken link to article on Politiken
- Præsident Trump har overladt Syrien til Rusland. Irak har han overladt til iransk indflydelse.
- President Trump has handed over Syria to Russia. He has handed over Iraq to Iranian influence.