override
/oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/noun, verb3 syllables
Override means: rule against.
Synonyms for override5
What does override mean?6
verb
1
rule against“The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill”
2
prevail over“health considerations override financial concerns”
3
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
4
ride (a horse) too hard
noun
1
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
2
a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Override in a sentence
- The contract has an override clause specifying which terms take precedence.rul
- Under the Constitution, the lower chamber's resolutions override those of the upper chamber.bmorsello
- The notwithstanding or override clause in Canadian law is controversial.rul
- We view compliance with existing standards as important, but this does not override our own requirements.shekitten
- Damiano refused to approve the override command.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of override
as a noun
- plural
- overrides
as a verb
- past tense
- over-rode
- past participle
- over-ridden
- present participle
- over-riding
- third-person singular
- over-rides