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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To ride across.
  • v. To ride beyond.
  • v. To trample on.
  • v. To ride (a horse) too hard.
  • v. To prevail over; conquer: Budgetary concerns overrode all other considerations.
  • v. To declare null and void; set aside: overrode the President's veto.
  • v. To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
  • v. To extend over; overlap.
  • n. A sales commission collected by an executive in addition to the commission received by a subordinate salesperson.
  • n. See royalty.
  • n. A mechanism or system used to counteract an automatic control.
  • n. The act or an instance of nullifying.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To ride across or beyond something.
  • v. To ride a horse too hard.
  • v. To counteract the normal operation of something.
  • v. To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
  • n. A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
  • n. A royalty.
  • n. A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
  • v. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify
  • v. To countermand; to overrule.
  • v. To replace (one system with another).
  • v. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
  • v. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To ride over; hence, to trample down; supersede: as, a decision that overrides all previous decisions.
  • To ride too much; fatigue by riding.
  • To outride; pass in riding.
  • In surgery, to overlap: said of a fragment of a broken bone in relation to another fragment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. prevail over
  • n. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
  • n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
  • v. ride (a horse) too hard
  • v. counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
  • v. rule against
  • Verb Form
    overridden    overrides    overriding    overrode   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rule    reign    prevail    dominate    predominate    device    ride    sit    countervail    counterbalance   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    overrode    overridden   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    suppress    destroy    supersede    annul    nullify    countermand    overrule    pass    outride    overlie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    self-destruct    by-pass    comm    shutdown    shutoff    self-test    encryption    asynchronous    selector    transponder