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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
Reuters video on Wednesday showed men in military fatigues loading bodies in white plastic bags into the back of a ⁠van in the village of Komyshuvakha, which was struck multiple times. — Reuters, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026 The boot manager is responsible for the initial loading of the OS. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
In Peabody, officials are expanding a program that uses cameras mounted on school buses to identify drivers who fail to stop when buses are loading or unloading students. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 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 successful campaign allowed engineers to assess how the magnet deforms under electromagnetic loads and compare its behavior with structural models.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rubber gaskets and seals help prevent leaks, especially in front-load models.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of load
Verb
  • Silicon Valley’s bet that billions of agents will be out ordering food, booking travel, and filling up their humans’ shopping carts is running into an (admittedly early) reality check.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The Dodgers hired former Miami Marlins hitting coach Pedro Guerrero, filling the one opening on their coaching staff.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • Imagine bringing up rabies to somebody who had just been bisected and then stuck back together with what, at least to him, looked like packing tape?
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • On Friday, the order took effect removing some of the 50 percent tariffs imposed on Canadian forestry and agricultural goods, including packing boxes and crates, paper products, plywood sheets, and certain machinery and refrigeration equipment.
    — Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of packing
Noun
  • In September, the company confirmed those customers would contribute payloads alongside NASA cargo.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Vigoride 7 launched on March 30, along with many other payloads, aboard SpaceX's Transporter-16 rideshare mission.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of payload
Verb
  • His research found that brands frequently engage in unfair purchasing practices with Bangladeshi suppliers, burdening them with additional costs and squeezing their profit margins.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of burdening
Noun
  • The state of Connecticut has one of the highest property tax burdens in the nation and among the highest costs for energy and housing.
    — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Film carries the burden of being popular in the present, but at the end of the day, the real challenge is to make something that can endure the test of time, like Vija does with her masterful work.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of burden
Verb
  • Equally weighting stocks ensures companies in smaller industries aren’t drowned out by massive ones, like Big Tech.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But weighting choices vary by pollster and offer no assurance of accuracy.
    — W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of weighting
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  • The original bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River in March 2024 after a cargo ship lost power and struck it, killing six construction workers.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • SpaceX ultimately became the biggest success story of NASA’s commercial crew and cargo programs, allowing the space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station without relying on Russia’s Soyuz rocket.
    — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
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