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Meaning of loaded in English

loaded
adjective
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/ˈləʊ.dɪd/ us
/ˈloʊ.dɪd/

loaded adjective (FULL)

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A loaded gun has bullets in it:
loaded gun It's dangerous to leave a loaded gun lying around.
[ before noun ]
filled or covered with a layer of food:
loaded fries We tucked into an enormous plate of loaded fries.
I want to make loaded potato skins with bacon and cheese.
loaded aubergines
a loaded pizza
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loaded adjective (NOT FAIR)

not fair, especially by being helpful to one person instead of another:
It seems that the report is loaded in favour of the developers.
If a dice (= small cube (= object with six equal square sides) with a different number of spotson each side) is loaded, it is has more weight added to one side so that it can be used for cheating in a game involving chance:
There were a few more double sixes than I expected, and I became convinced that they were loaded dice.
The casino states that it prohibits loaded dice.
The dice were loaded and the game was fixed.
loaded question
a question that has particular words chosen to suggest the answer that is wanted:
A survey should avoid asking loaded questions.
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
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loaded adjective (RICH)

[ after verb ] informal
rich:
He inherited the family business - he must be loaded!
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having a lot of money
  • richShe's one of the richest women in the country.
  • wealthyOliver's parents are very wealthy.
  • well offAfter years of working hard, we are now quite well off.
  • loadedThey don't have any money worries - they're loaded.
  • flushHe's flush with cash.
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Rich and wealthy
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loaded adjective (DRUNK)

[ after verb ] mainly US slang
drunk:
What a party - everyone was loaded!
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Drunkenness & sobriety
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(Definition of loaded from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

loaded | American Dictionary

loaded
adjective
us
/ˈloʊ·dɪd/

loaded adjective (NOT FAIR)

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not fair, esp. by being especially helpful to one side and not the other, or (of a question) by intentionally using words that will likely produce a particular answer:
The questions in this debate were so loaded that they always got the answers they expected.

loaded adjective (RICH)

infml
having a lot of money; rich:
The guy never spends a dime but believe me, he’s loaded.

loaded adjective (PUT INTO)

[ not gradable ]
(of a piece of equipment) filled or supplied with something it needs to make it work :
a loaded gun (= one with bullets in it)
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loaded | Business English

loaded
adjective
uk
/ˈləʊdɪd/ us
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TRANSPORT
carrying goods or passengers:
fully loaded barges/trucks/planes
The lightest trucks in the range are less than 3,750 pounds loaded weight.
loaded with sth The airliner was loaded with 20,000 gallons of fuel.
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放入, （槍）子彈上膛的, 不公平的…
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放入, （枪）子弹上膛的, 不公平的…
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cargado, relleno, sesgado…
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carregado, recheado, endinheirado…
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(silah) dolu, patlamaya/atışa hazır, mermi ağzında…
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chargé/-ée, tendancieux/-euse, plein/pleine aux as…
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詰（つ）め込（こ）んだ, 弾丸（だんがん）を込（こ）めた, 含（ふく）みのある…
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geladen…
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bermuatan, berisi peluru, berisi film…
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chịu tải, có nạp đạn, có chứa phim…
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lastad, laddad, med film i…
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membawa muatan, penuh berisi peluru, berisi filem…
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