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noun

ˈlō-diŋ How to pronounce loading (audio)
Definition of loadingnext
as in load
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit

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verb

present participle of load
1
as in filling
to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

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2
as in packing
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat

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Recent Examples of loading
Noun
Sports stars, celebrities and business heavyweights could enter from an interior loading dock area to a blue carpet backstage, allowing access into the club without having to navigate the crowds. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 The White House announced Arcade on social media with a series of animations parodying Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo loading screens. — Lou Kesten, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
In some cases, researchers found fake stores loading assets directly from the legitimate company's servers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 An employee was also observed loading dirty dishes into a dish rack and subsequently unloading clean dishes from a dish rack without washing their hands. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loading
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loading
  1. load
  2. filling
  3. packing
  4. payload
  5. burdening
  6. burden
  7. weighting
  8. cargo
Noun
  • The museum has drawn loads of applause but also plenty of criticism, mostly for its lack of context via wall text, and for displaying art that not everyone agrees should be elevated.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The work is to keep asking, at every new scale, which of your commitments are still load-bearing, and to notice the moment one of them is not.
    — Amir Wain, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of load
Verb
  • Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has reduced its pending service requests by more than 90% after filling staffing vacancies and streamlining its processes.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In sweltering Edinburg, Texas, 52-year-old Kristin Jimenez shrugged off the rising price of gas after filling up her Mercedes.
    — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • When packing bananas in your bag, make sure they’re cushioned and not packed too tightly to avoid splitting.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Odalys, which is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, is forecast to gradually strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane by late Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of packing
Noun
  • Galileo launched in 1989 from the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis and arrived at Jupiter in 1995.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The reentry system carries the nuclear payload through the atmosphere toward its target.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of payload
Verb
  • The policy could have affected legally present immigrants, Temporary Protected Status holders and DACA recipients, while burdening underfunded agencies and deterring families from seeking help.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Under the law, the state must prove a compelling interest for burdening a person's religion and that its solution is the least restrictive way of furthering that interest.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of burdening
Noun
  • Our criminal system deliberately places the burden on the government and tolerates the possibility that guilty people will go free rather than lower the standard required to convict.
    — Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Unloading about the time-travel stuff is important, but what really lifts some of the burden from Julia’s shoulders is being able to talk about Claire with Davina.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of burden
Verb
  • But weighting choices vary by pollster and offer no assurance of accuracy.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • According to its website, the almanac uses a mix of sunspot cycles, lunar position, tidal pull, and historical pattern weighting to make its long-range forecast.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of weighting
Noun
  • Russian attacks on cargo vessels have severely disrupted Kyiv's exports, hurting its economy and threatening global supplies.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The reality, however, appears to be that Isaacman does not want to cede any more time in this race and is thus pushing for as many cargo and crew missions as possible to the Moon as soon as possible.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of cargo

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