overdose
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
overdose (plural overdoses)
Synonyms[edit]
- overdosage (which is a less common synonym for this concept)
Translations[edit]
excessive and dangerous dose of a drug
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Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)
- (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone.
- (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
- Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
- She overdosed on cocaine.
- (intransitive, figurative) To indulge in something excessively.
- 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
- They still had Sergio Agüero to bring off the bench and the Etihad was overdosing on optimism. For the game to finish with an aggregate 5-1 score distorts the fact the occasion was full of drama and suspense until Salah’s goal conclusively changed the complexion of the evening.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to dose excessively
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English overdose.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
overdose f (plural overdoses)
- (medicine) overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- Synonym: surdose
- (figuratively) overdose of, excess of, surfeit of something (instance of someone having had too much of something, having overdone something)
- Near-synonym: indigestion
Further reading[edit]
- “overdose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English overdose.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
overdose f (invariable)
References[edit]
- ^ overdose in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English overdose.
Noun[edit]
overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdoser, definite plural overdosene)
- an overdose
References[edit]
- “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English overdose.
Noun[edit]
overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdosar, definite plural overdosane)
- an overdose
References[edit]
- “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English overdose.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
overdose f (plural overdoses)
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