Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with load in British Collocation
load
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
large
She could cope with a heavy load of work without any apparent falling off in quality.
types of load
The increasing administrative load of the committee had led the Chairman to propose that the number of members should be raised to eight.
small
Those research students who have taken fewer courses will normally be expected to add an additional 4,000 words to their dissertation to make up for the lighter load.
extra
Staff members may require help to deal with the additional load.
His teaching load was extremely heavy.
reduce a load
It will help lighten the load on our systems at this peak time.
share a load
We can always use more volunteers to share the load.
divide and share a load
This proposal would spread the load much more widely.
increase a load
This will inevitably increase the load on Directors.