Override

/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To ride across or beyond something..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To ride across or beyond something.
2. (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
3. (transitive) To ride a horse too hard.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
5. (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
6. (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
7. A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
8. A royalty.

Example Sentences

Around 50 people were evacuated from a rush-hour London Overground service on October 12, after an eight-car train overrode the buffers at Enfield Town station.

Separation of the caboose from the VAN train had caused the train to go into emergency braking and when Extra 3119 West struck the third rack car, the car overrode the locomotive, destroyed the remaining superstructure, and caused the locomotive to overturn the north rail. The near-instantaneous derailment of the rest of the train followed immediately.

In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.

Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.

The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.

The power of the stories overrides everything else. The quiet starkness of the telling: […]

The Federal Aviation Administration initially overrode its own engineers’ recommendations in 2019 to ground the Boeing 737 Max after a second fatal crash, according to a new watchdog report.

“The first time I was overridden, on the Congressional district map, I said the bill was illegal and I expected the courts would throw it out. The courts have done so,” Edwards said in his statement Tuesday. “Today, I was overridden for the second time… I expect the courts to throw out this unconstitutional bill, as well.”

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• overrides
• overriding
• overrode
• overridden

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