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overload

n. C / U
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈoʊvɝˌɫoʊd// UK //ˌəʊvəlˈəʊd// over·load

n. a situation where you have too much of something to handle at once. It often describes having too much information or too much work for a system to process.

n. an excessive amount of something that surpasses the capacity of a person or system to process it. Frequently used in technical contexts to describe electrical or computational stress.


SIMPLE

I am suffering from information overload after that long meeting.

CONTEXTUAL

The server crashed because of a sudden traffic overload during the holiday sale.

COMPLEX

Cognitive overload occurs when the amount of incoming information exceeds the capacity of working memory, leading to a significant decrease in learning efficiency and decision-making quality.

Synonyms
Usage

Both countable and uncountable; often appears in the compound 'information overload'.

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