🚚 To put in 📦 A carried amount 🧪 To mix in cheap 💾 To start data 💡 Power used 😓 A burden 🍻 A lot of alcohol ⛏️ Ore deposit

to load

140 3.9

To move a file or program into a computer's memory for use

verb
/loʊd/

Specialized

: cargar

We're loading Richards's image onto the database.
load into memory
load data
failed to load

Yes, but why can't it load what you the things that were running last time?

Autoplay Next

Examples

Could you take the photos and load them in the viewer?

The Bone Collector (1999)
So as you can see, the PlayStation comes on and it loads up just fine.
So I hit it give it just a second to load and we are in.
You just say load whatever you teach it in text in English.

Lex Fridman
If I then go and type Apple, that loads zip Apple, right?
When you click on that link, you will load APDF.
So now at this point I want to use Ajax somehow to load in what the price of the stock is.
So you'd have to load your DVD here before you could start watching it.
The first step involves loading records into the host library's ILS using typical batch loading processes.

Academic text (2013)
After I click the file, it will load the document into the program for editing.

Synonyms

to import

vsto load

Specialized

21 3.7

To bring data or files into a computer program

moves data from storage into memory so it can run immediately

Idioms

load of shit

Offensive

3 9.9

A statement that is completely untrue and makes no sense

load of bullshit

Offensive

2 9.9

A rude expression that says something is not true

to blow one's load

Offensive

9.9

Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once

load of bull butter

Offensive

9.9

Something someone says that is not true

one brick short of a full load

Offensive

9.9

A person who is a little foolish or not very smart

to shoot one's load

Offensive

9.9

Use all your energy at once and have none left in a rude way

Phrasal Verbs

to load up

Informal

94 3.0

To fill a car, box, or yourself with things until each is full

to get a load of

Informal

24 8.4

Tell someone to look at something surprising or interesting

to take a load off

Informal

13 5.5

To sit down and rest after standing or working

to load up on

Informal

10 4.5

Get a lot of something or use a lot of it

to load down

Informal

1 4.2

To make someone or something carry too many heavy things

to drop a load

Offensive

9.9

To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body

to drop a load of laundry

2.8

To wash some clothes at one time

to dump one's load

Informal

8.8

Talk to someone to let out strong feelings or worries

Compounds

a load of

Informal

65 1.0

A large number or amount of things

case load

Specialized

1 3.7

The amount of work a doctor, lawyer, or agency has from the people they must help in a period

load-bearing wall

Specialized

1 3.6

A wall that supports the floors and roof above it

load factor

Specialized

1 8.2

The amount of extra force on an aircraft compared with its weight, measured in g

load-bearing beam

Specialized

1 5.5

A strong piece of wood or metal that holds the weight of parts of a building

dead load

Specialized

6.9

Permanent weight that a building or bridge has and that does not change

load line

Specialized

6.7

A line on the side of a ship that shows how deep it can be safely loaded

load-shedding

Indian

6.8

A planned temporary cut of electricity to some areas to reduce demand

live load

Specialized

6.1

A weight on a structure that changes, like people or vehicles

How Fast

preload

Specialized

5.3

to load

Specialized

140 3.9

to read

302 3.9

to fetch

Specialized

6 4.9

Surface Forms

load infinitive

loaded past

loaded past participle

loading present participle

loads third person singular

Etymology

The computer sense of load comes from the verb 'to load' meaning 'to put into', so to load a program is to put it into the computer's memory to run or use. That's why files must 'load' before you can open them.