English

Noun

overdose ‎(plural overdoses)

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

   die of a heroin overdose

Translations

Verb

overdose ‎(third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)

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

   Be careful not to overdose on those pills.

   She overdosed on cocaine.

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

Derived terms

• OD
• overdoser

Related terms

• overdosage

Translations

Anagrams

• does over
• overdoes

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English overdose.

Noun

overdose f ‎(plural overdoses)

1. (medicine) overdose

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English overdose.

Noun

overdose f ‎(invariable)

1. (medicine) overdose

Anagrams

• doverose

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from English overdose.

Noun

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

1. an overdose

References

• “overdose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from English overdose.

Noun

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

1. an overdose

References

• “overdose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔzi

Etymology

Borrowing from English overdose.

Noun

overdose f (plural overdoses)

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

Synonyms

• superdose, sobredose

Verb

overdose

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of overdosar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of overdosar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of overdosar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of overdosar