overdose
English
Etymology 1
From over- + dose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
overdose (plural overdoses)
- An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
- to die of a heroin overdose
Synonyms
- overdosage (which is a less common synonym for this concept)
Translations
excessive and dangerous dose of a drug
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Etymology 2
From over- + dose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdəʊs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
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.
- (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):
- 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.
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Derived terms
- OD
- overdoser
Related terms
- overdosage
Translations
to dose excessively
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Anagrams
- does over, overdoes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English overdose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.vɛʁ.doz/
Audio (file)
Noun
overdose f (plural overdoses)
- (medicine) overdose
- Synonym: surdose
Further reading
- “overdose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English overdose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.verˈdɔ.ze/, /o.verˈdoz/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔze, -oz
- Hyphenation: o‧ver‧dò‧se
Noun
overdose f (invariable)
- (medicine) overdose
References
- overdose in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- doverose
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English overdose.
Noun
overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdoser, definite plural overdosene)
- an overdose
References
- “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English overdose.
Noun
overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdosar, definite plural overdosane)
- an overdose
References
- “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English overdose.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o(w).veʁˈdɔ.zi/ [o(ʊ̯).veɦˈdɔ.zi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /o(w).veɾˈdɔ.zi/ [o(ʊ̯).veɾˈdɔ.zi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o(w).veʁˈdɔ.zi/ [o(ʊ̯).veʁˈdɔ.zi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o(w).veɻˈdɔ.ze/ [o(ʊ̯).veɻˈdɔ.ze]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /o(w).vɐɾˈdɔ.z(ɨ)/ [o(w).vɐɾˈðɔ.z(ɨ)], /ɔ.vɐɾˈdɔ.z(ɨ)/ [ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.z(ɨ)]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /o.vɐɾˈdɔ.z(ɨ)/ [o.vɐɾˈðɔ.z(ɨ)], /ɔ.vɐɾˈdɔ.z(ɨ)/ [ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.z(ɨ)]
- Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
Noun
overdose f (plural overdoses)
- overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- Synonyms: superdose, sobredose