overdose

English

Etymology 1

From over- +‎ dose.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

  1. 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

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)

  1. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.
  2. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
    Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
    She overdosed on cocaine.
  3. (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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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ.vɛʁ.doz/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

  1. (medicine) overdose
    Synonym: surdose

Further reading

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)

  1. (medicine) overdose

References
  1. overdose in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdoser, definite plural overdosene)

  1. an overdose

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose m (definite singular overdosen, indefinite plural overdosar, definite plural overdosane)

  1. an overdose

References

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)

  1. overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
    Synonyms: superdose, sobredose
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