How to pronounce "overload"

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and I work as a journalist,

and I enjoy the buzz and the busyness,

and the adrenaline rush that comes from both of those things.

I play squash and ice hockey,

two very fast sports, and I wouldn't give them up for the world.

But I've also, over the last year or so,

got in touch with my inner tortoise.

(Laughter)

And what that means is that

I no longer

overload myself gratuitously.

My default mode is no longer

to be a rush-aholic.

I no longer hear

time's winged chariot drawing near,

or at least not as much as I did before.

I can actually hear it now, because I see my time is ticking off.

And the upshot of all of that is that

I actually feel a lot happier, healthier,

more productive than I ever have.

I feel like I'm living

Phonetic Breakdown of "overload"

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over-load

2 syllables

IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

OW1 V ER0 L OW2 D

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Definition of "overload"

Noun

An excessive load.
The damage done, or the outage caused by such a load.
An overloaded version of a function.

Verb

To load excessively
To provide too much power to a circuit
To create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts
To fail due to excessive load

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