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- [lohd]
- /loʊd/
- /ləʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lohd]
- /loʊd/
Definitions of load word
- noun load anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons. 1
- noun load the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart. 1
- noun load this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination): carload; wagonload. 1
- noun load the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit. 1
- noun load the weight supported by a structure or part. 1
- noun load the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system: a reasonable load of work. 1
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Origin of load
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English lode (noun); orig. the same word as lode (Old English lād way, course, carrying); senses influenced by lade
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Parts of speech for Load
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
load popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
load usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for load
noun load
- goods — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- bundle — A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
verb load
- lade — to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- pile — the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- carry — If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
- cram — If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
Antonyms for load
noun load
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- blessing — A blessing is something good that you are grateful for.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
verb load
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- diet — the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
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