Overload meaning in English
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Definition
an overload: a burden, an excessive amount or quantity
to overload: to give too much responsibility or too many things to do (to something or someone)
Examples
- "Man-hours lost to the Internet are just one aspect of the media overload in this journalist's humble opinion."
Exercise 1
The journalist suggests that:
The journalist suggests that:
This isn't a true statement. The journalist writes that he is "no technophobe", meaning that he is not afraid of or incompetent with technology.
This isn't a true statement. Dairy farmers in the past used to "churn butter" and "milk cows", but the journalist does not state that he wants a job like this.
This is the right choice. In this article, the journalist writes of a "media overload" and that people's excessive reliance on computers is "leading nowhere good". He ends by encouraging his readers to go into the fresh air, without any electronic devices!
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