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Meaning of load in English

load
noun
uk
/ləʊd/ us
/loʊd/

load noun (AMOUNT CARRIED)

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B2 [ C ]
the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal:
The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
carry a load of One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.
Synonyms
cargo
consignment
delivery (OF PACKAGE ETC.)
freight
shipment
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boatload
payload
truckload
a load informal (also loads)
B1
a lot:
a load of I've got a load of work to get through before tomorrow.
There were a load of people there.
Have some more food - there's loads.
She looks loads better with her new haircut.
[ C ]   physics   specialized
the amount of electrical power that is supplied
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load noun (AMOUNT TO DO)

[ C ]
the amount of work to be done by a person:
If we share the organization of the party, that will help spread the load.
heavy/light load I've got a heavy/light teaching load this term.
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caseload
workload
[ S ]
a painful, difficult, or tiring situation to deal with:
lighten someone’s load I wish I could do something to lighten your load (= make your situation easier).
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Idioms

get a load of that!
a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc.
load
verb
uk
/ləʊd/ us
/loʊd/

load verb (PUT INTO/ONTO)

B2 [ I or T ]
to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine:
load something onto something How long will it take to load this sand onto the lorry?
load up Let's load up the car and then we can go.
to load the dishwasher/washing machine
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overload verb
Opposite
unload
be loaded down with something
to have too much to carry, or too much work to do:
I was loaded down with shopping.
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be loaded with something
to contain a lot of something:
Most fast foods are loaded with fat.
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Wrapping, packing and loading
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load verb (FILL WITH FOOD)

[ T ]
to fill or cover something with a lot of food:
load something up Guests loaded up their plates at the restaurant buffet.
be loaded with On the day of the party the table was loaded with food.
a buttermilk biscuit loaded with bacon, egg and cheese
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Filling and completing
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load verb (CAMERA/GUN)

[ T ]
to put film in a camera or bullets in a gun:
Do not load the film (= put it into the camera) in bright light.
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Filling and completing
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load verb (COMPUTER)

B2 [ I or T ]
to put information or a program onto a computer:
You need to load this program onto your computer.
The software is easy to load.
[ I or T ]
If a web page or an application loads or is loaded, it appears on a screen:
My browser wouldn't load the page.
Some of the apps on my smart TV are quite slow to load.
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Operating computers
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load verb (BASEBALL)

load the bases
in baseball, to have runners at each of the bases (= positions that a player must reach to score a point):
The Tigers loaded the bases with one man out in the fourth inning.
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Phrasal verb

load up on something
-load
suffix
uk
/ -ləʊd/ us
/ -loʊd/
all the people or goods in the stated type of vehicle or container:
a coachload of football fans
Busloads of tourists pour into this place in the summer.
Truckloads of food and medical supplies arrived in the refugee camp.
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(Definition of load from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

load | American Dictionary

load
noun [ C ]
us
/loʊd/

load noun [C] (WEIGHT CARRIED)

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the amount or weight of something carried by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or a person or animal:
The truck had a load of bricks.
The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
physics
Load is also the weight being moved by a lever.

load noun [C] (AMOUNT OF WORK)

the amount of work to be done by a person:
The normal teaching load at this university is three courses each semester.

Idioms

loaded down with things
loads of something
load
verb [ T ]
us
/loʊd/

load verb [T] (PUT INTO)

to put into a piece of equipment something it uses to make it work:
Bill loaded and aimed his crossbow.
The technician loaded a sample into the device.
You need to load the new software before you can use the computer.

load verb [T] (WEIGHT CARRIED)

to put something in or on a vehicle:
He could load more hay into the wagon.

Phrasal verbs

load up something
load up on something
(Definition of load from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

-load | Business English

-load
suffix
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used with other nouns to refer to a vehicle, large container, etc. that is completely full:
truckload/planeload/busload Planeloads of aid sent to the disaster region remain undistributed.
The auditors have requested boxloads of documents.
load
noun [ C ]
uk
/ləʊd/ us
TRANSPORT
an amount of goods or people transported by road, railway, or air:
The total maximum load is four hundred kilograms.
heavy/large/full load Heavy passenger loads put stress on the nation's aviation system.
carry/deliver/transport a load
a load of sth The tanker was commissioned to pick up a load of hazardous materials.
WORKPLACE
the amount of work to be done by a person, an organization, or a machine:
lighten/reduce a load Workers have asked whether the bank intends to lighten their load by hiring more staff.
share/spread the load British manufacturing is looking to other sectors to help share the load of investing in infrastructure.
heavy/light/increased load
FINANCE
a charge that you pay when you buy or sell shares in an investment company
ECONOMICS, FINANCE
an amount of money, usually a large amount, that a person, company, or country has to pay:
debt/tax load A ruling by the European Union lightened the tax load on investors buying gold.

See also

back-end load
caseload
deadweight
front-end load
Full Container Load
less-than-container load
load factor
payload
sales load
workload
load
verb
uk
/ləʊd/ us
[ I or T ]   TRANSPORT
to put goods onto a vehicle to transport them:
A surge in trade has seen up to 90 vessels a week at the port waiting to load their cargoes.
Trucks were loading and unloading at the warehouse.
load sth with sth The tanker was loaded with four million gallons of diesel oil.
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unload
[ I or T ]   IT
to put a program or data onto a computer or website:
load software/a file/a program The software is very easy to load.
The updates don't take long to load.
[ T ]   FINANCE
to include charges in an investment, loan, etc.:
load sth with sth The card is designed to attract customers with poor credit and comes loaded with lots of fees and a very low credit limit.

Phrasal verbs

load (sth) up with sth
load up on sth
(Definition of load from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Collocations with load

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bulk load
However, some are suitable for bulk load where speed is not important and transhipment costs to other methods of transport are not involved.
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course load
It lasted for 16 months, was divided into three semesters, with a limit of 30 students per year, each following a minimum course load.
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load curve
All these things encourage a demand for electricity at differing hours of the day, and so help us to level out the load curve.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
攜帶的數量, （尤指車輛、橋樑、動物等的）負重，負荷，載重, 電負荷，電負載…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
携带的数量, （尤指车辆、桥梁、动物等的）负重，负荷，载重, 电负荷，电负载…
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cargamento, cargar, cargarse…
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