"overdose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overdose.wav Forms: overdoses [plural]
Etymology: From over- + dose. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|dose#Noun}} over- + dose Head templates: {{en-noun}} overdose (plural overdoses)
  1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug. Synonyms: overdosage (english: which is a less common synonym for this concept) Translations (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug): جُرْعَة زَائِدَة (alt: jurʕa(t) zāʔida) [feminine] (Arabic), gaindosi (Basque), перадазіро́ўка (pjeradaziróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), свръхдо́за (svrǎhdóza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sobredosi [feminine] (Catalan), 藥劑過量 (Chinese Mandarin), 药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 用藥過量 (Chinese Mandarin), 用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸毒過量 (note: of illicit drugs) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), overdosis [feminine] (Dutch), yliannos (Finnish), överit (Finnish), surdose [feminine] (French), surdosage [masculine] (French), overdose [feminine] (French), Überdosis [feminine] (German), מנת יתר (manat yéter) (Hebrew), túladagolás (Hungarian), overdose [feminine] (Italian), オーバードース (ōbādōsu) (Japanese), 過剰摂取 (kajō sesshu) (alt: かじょうせっしゅ) (Japanese), 과다복용 (gwadabogyong) (alt: 過多服用) (Korean), overdose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overdose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przedawkowanie [feminine] (Polish), overdose [feminine] (Portuguese), superdose [feminine] (Portuguese), supradoză [feminine] (Romanian), передозиро́вка (peredoziróvka) [feminine] (Russian), sobredosis [feminine] (Spanish), överdos [common-gender] (Swedish), aşırı doz (Turkish), передозува́ння (peredozuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdəʊs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overdose2.wav Forms: overdoses [present, singular, third-person], overdosing [participle, present], overdosed [participle, past], overdosed [past]
Etymology: From over- + dose. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|over|dose#verb}} over- + dose Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)
  1. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Drugs
    Sense id: en-overdose-en-verb-ZVB3SLos Disambiguation of Drugs: 28 51 11 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English hybridisms, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 74 4 2 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 66 9 5 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 20 66 9 5 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 63 10 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 23 38 23 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 65 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 18 63 6 5 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 69 3 3 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 61 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 58 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 68 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 58 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 63 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 64 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 64 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 61 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 59 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 57 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 65 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 67 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 62 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 61 9 7
  2. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose. Tags: intransitive Translations (to dose excessively): предозирам (predoziram) (Bulgarian), 藥劑過量 (Chinese Mandarin), 药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 用藥過量 (Chinese Mandarin), 用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸毒過量 (note: of illicit drugs) (Chinese Mandarin), 吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), předávkovat (Czech), trodozi (Esperanto), ottaa liikaa (Finnish), surdoser (French), überdosieren (German), túladagol (Hungarian), overdosere (Norwegian Bokmål), przedawkować [perfective] (Polish), przedawkowywać [imperfective] (Polish), передози́ровать (peredozírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sobredosificar (Spanish), överdosera (Swedish), передозо́вувати (peredozóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), передозува́ти (peredozuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-overdose-en-verb-mVQazW6P Disambiguation of 'to dose excessively': 19 63 17
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To indulge in something excessively. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-overdose-en-verb-SLSzkO~8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: OD, overdoser Related terms: overdosage
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàojì guòliàng",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "药剂过量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "用藥過量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòngyào guòliàng",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "用药过量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of illicit drugs",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "吸毒過量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīdú guòliàng",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "吸毒过量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "předávkovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "trodozi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "ottaa liikaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "surdoser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "überdosieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "túladagol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "overdosere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przedawkować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przedawkowywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredozírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "передози́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "sobredosificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "word": "överdosera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredozóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "передозо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredozuváty",
      "sense": "to dose excessively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "передозува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overdose"
}

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