overdose

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English

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Etymology 1

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From over- +‎ dose.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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overdose (plural overdoses)

  1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
    to die of a heroin overdose
Synonyms
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  • overdosage (which is a less common synonym for this concept)
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Etymology 2

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From over- +‎ dose.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.
  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)[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.
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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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overdose f (plural overdoses)

  1. (medicine) overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
    Synonym: surdose
  2. (figuratively) overdose of, excess of, surfeit of something (instance of someone having had too much of something, having overdone something)
    Near-synonym: indigestion

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o.verˈdɔ.ze/, /o.verˈdoz/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔze, -oz
  • Hyphenation: o‧ver‧dò‧se

Noun

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overdose f (invariable)

  1. (medicine) overdose

References

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

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

  1. an overdose

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

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

  1. an overdose

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English overdose, with the pronunciation partially unadapted in Portugal: over mimics the English phonemes, while dose is pronounced as a Portuguese word.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.vɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ], /o(w).vɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [o(w).vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [ɔ.βɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ], /ow.bɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [ow.βɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.vɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ], /o.vɐɾˈdɔ.zɨ/ [o.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

Noun

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overdose f (plural overdoses)

  1. overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
    Synonyms: superdose, sobredose
    • 1988 April 21, Cazuza, Roberto Frejat (lyrics and music), “Ideologia” (1:14 from the start), in Ideologia, performed by Cazuza, Rio de Janeiro: Philips:
      Meus heróis morreram de overdose / Meus inimigos estão no poder
      /o.veʁˈdɔ.zi/
      My heroes died of overdose. My enemies are in power.