overdose
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)