overdose

English

Etymology

over- +‎ dose

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

   die of a heroin overdose

Translations

excessive and dangerous dose of a drug

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: gaindosi
• Catalan: sobredosi f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥劑過量／药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng), 药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng), 用藥過量／用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng), 用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng), (of illicit drugs) 吸毒過量／吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng), 吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng)

• Dutch: overdosis (nl) f
• Finnish: yliannos
• French: surdose (fr) f, surdosage (fr) m, overdose (fr) f
• German: Überdosis (de) f
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• Hungarian: túladagolás (hu)
• Italian: overdose (it) f
• Japanese: オーバードース (ōbādōsu), 過剰摂取 (かじょうせっしゅ, kajō sesshu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overdose (no) m

  Nynorsk: overdose m

• Portuguese: overdose (pt) f, superdose f, overdose (pt) f
• Russian: передозиро́вка (ru) f (peredoziróvka)
• Spanish: sobredosis f
• Swedish: överdos (sv) c

Verb

1. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.

   Be careful not to overdose on those pills.

   She overdosed on cocaine.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

Derived terms

• OD
• overdoser

Related terms

• overdosage

Translations

to dose excessively

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藥劑過量／药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng), 药剂过量 (yàojì guòliàng), 用藥過量／用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng), 用药过量 (yòngyào guòliàng), (of illicit drugs) 吸毒過量／吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng), 吸毒过量 (xīdú guòliàng)

• Czech: předávkovat
• Finnish: ottaa liikaa
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• French: surdoser (fr)
• German: überdosieren (de)
• Hungarian: túladagol (hu)
• Russian: передозировка (ru) f (peredozirovka)
• Swedish: överdosera (sv)

Anagrams

• does over, overdoes

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.vɛʁ.doz/

• Audio:

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Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

1. (medicine) overdose

Further reading

• “overdose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

overdose f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) overdose

Anagrams

• doverose

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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

• “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Noun

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

1. an overdose

References

• “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English overdose.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔzi

Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

1. overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)

Synonyms

• superdose, sobredose

Verb

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