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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
override
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
override...veto (=not accept his refusal)
▪ The Senate had a sufficient majority to override the presidential veto .
sb's overriding concern (=much more important than anything else)
▪ An artist's overriding concern is to achieve the highest standard possible.
the overriding priority (=the most important one)
▪ The reduction of inflation must be the Government’s overriding priority.
the overwhelming/overriding impression (=an impression that is stronger than all others)
▪ The overwhelming impression after the meeting was one of optimism.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
consideration
▪ As we might have guessed, the importance of Laurence's wife's money overrode any other consideration.
▪ This appeal has been known to override other considerations.
▪ Here spoke the man of destiny whose singleness of purpose overrode all other considerations.
decision
▪ It still leaves the state Legislature with massive pre-emptive powers to override local decisions.
power
▪ Clearly dominant ideologies are not equivalent to public opinion since the former are connected with power and may override local concerns.
▪ It still leaves the state Legislature with massive pre-emptive powers to override local decisions.
▪ When things are difficult we summon our will power, and override the difficulties.
▪ Parliament would have the power to override presidential vetoes on legislation with a two-thirds majority.
veto
▪ The veto override is scheduled for a House vote next Tuesday where it is expected to pass.
vote
▪ The Senate failed by a single vote to override this veto.
▪ Republicans acknowledge little hope of getting enough votes to override a Clinton veto.
▪ On Sept. 24 the Senate voted by 68 votes to 31 to override the veto.
▪ The bill fell well short of the 291 votes required to override a veto.
▪ The president vetoed the bill - and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Churchill issued a new order overriding previous instructions.
▪ City council members voted to override the mayor's veto.
▪ Congress has the power to override the President's veto.
▪ Pilots tried to manually override the plane's computer control.
▪ Should the opinions of experts override the wishes of the people?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Although unspoken, its overriding goals are survival and maintenance, rather than improvement and growth.
▪ Even within strong corporate cultures, values are rarely strong or homogeneous enough to override cultural differences.
▪ It is a demand that begins to override the others, and to require immediate attention.
▪ Milosevic himself was reported to have chaired a key meeting Sunday overriding infuriated hard-liners angered by the moderates' desire to compromise.
▪ Several of these critics wrote of technology becoming the overriding power in society.
▪ The Senate will debate the bill Monday and vote Tuesday on whether to override the filibuster.
▪ The taser fires a two-pronged dart that overrides the central nervous system and causes uncontrollable muscle contractions.
▪ This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Override

Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. Overrode; p. p. Overridden, Overrode, Overrid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.]

  1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

    The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
    --Chaucer.

  2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.

  3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.

  4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.

  5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]

    I overrode him on the way.
    --Shak.

  6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
override

Old English oferridan "to ride across," from ofer "over" (see over) + ridan "to ride" (see ride (v.)). Originally literal, of cavalry, etc. Figurative meaning "to set aside arrogantly" is from 1827. The mechanical sense "to suspend automatic operation" is attested from 1946. As a noun in this sense from 1946. Related: Overrode; overriding; overridden.

Wiktionary
override

n. 1 A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. 2 A royalty. 3 A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others. vb. 1 To ride across or beyond something. 2 To ride a horse too hard. 3 To counteract the normal operation of something. 4 (context programming object-oriented English) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

WordNet
override
  1. n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device

  2. the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: nullification]

  3. v. rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, overthrow, reverse]

  4. prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns"

  5. counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)

  6. ride (a horse) too hard

  7. [also: overrode, overridden]

Wikipedia
Override

Override may refer to:

  • Override (film), a 1994 science fiction short film
  • OverRide (video game)
  • Overriders, an insurance term
  • Overriding (mathematics)
  • Manual override, a function where an automated system is placed under manual control
  • Veto override, a procedure employed by legislatures
  • Dr. Gregory Herd, a Marvel Comics character formerly named Override
  • Overrider, a Marvel Comics mutant
  • Override, a character on the anime TV series Transformers: Cybertron
  • Overriding aorta, a medical condition in which aorta emerge from abnormal position.
  • Method overriding, a subclassing feature in Object Oriented programming languages.
Override (film)

Override is a 1994 American science fiction genre short film. It was the directorial debut of Danny Glover and starred Lou Diamond Phillips and Emily Lloyd. It is based on the Nebula- and Hugo-nominated short story, Over the Long Haul, by Martha Soukup.

The film was part of Showtime's Directed By... series that showcased well-known Hollywood actors stepping behind the camera as first-time film directors.

Usage examples of "override".

During these moments before practice and a race, Britt, the racer, and Karl, the racing mechanic, can temporarily suppress the otherwise overriding fact of why they travel the world in the guise of a racing team.

He overrode the hydrostatic system and overpressurized the gel surrounding his body.

The Congress overrode the military procurement bureaucracy and ordered them to accept the Jacobs Industries Protean Manjack as it was.

It also held a strip computer with a simpleminded color wheel that could override the phototropic commands so the wearer would not suddenly find herself wearing a pink dress against an orange background.

Kirk kicked free the wedge that had held it open while Scott hit the override and sealed the door manually, insuring that Sulu and Shanti could unseal the door from the hangar deck side if it came to t.

He was still terrified, but overriding the scent of ammonia was the soured milk smell of disbelief.

CCC-IRU 205, had always held the trump cards of being able to override his control of all their equipment, including the modifications to his own body, and of having sole control of the thermite charge in the base of his skull that would blow his head off if he attempted to surrender or to otherwise seriously disobey the orders of the Command.

The override and the thermite charge would keep her in line once the computer made its decision.

Then Adams put the issue squarely where it belonged, saying, in essence, that all such stories of slave masters and their slave women were metaphors for the overriding sin of slavery itself.

But although an Airbus jet pilot cannot override these limitations, a Boeing 777 pilot can in an emergency.

Override the controls on the mass driver from the central security computer and plow this bobsled into the back of an ore carrier.

And she has an overriding compulsion to seek Boolean with or without me.

But even setting that aside, the brutal, overriding truth was that Chinas economy was based on exports of everything from guns to teething rings.

We hoped that the Commonwealth citizenry would be sufficiently alarmed at the notion of Haluk doppelganger spies that they would pressure their Delegates interactively over the PlaNet, overriding the influence of the Concerns and forcing a review of the dubious treaties.

Maybe Old Mother Nature sets up some kind of overriding counterirritant when the genetics are a bad match.