to charge
- verb
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- You can charge your electric car at the charging station nearby.
- charge the battery
- fully charged
- positively charged
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- Now of course we need to be able to charge this, we'll call it.
- Less power consumption means smaller charging bricks means all around good time.
Examples
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And we have our USBC cable to charge, also a treat.
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All right, guys, I had to charge my camera.
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Okay, we have to charge it all the way.
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Oh, I charged your phone.
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And now it's charging at a good rate.
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Charge your phone.
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I need to charge my laptop before the meeting starts.
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After playing for hours, he decided to charge his game console for a quick boost.
Synonyms
To put power back into a battery or device by plugging it in
To give a building, machine, or vehicle electricity so it can work
To connect a battery or device to electricity so it has power
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score
Compounds
- Specialized
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Charged
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge originally meant 'to load', and today we use it for giving energy too, like filling a cart or battery. To charge a phone or laptop is to load it with electrical energy so it can work.