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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something [syn: nullification ] v. rule against; "The Republicans were overruled ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. Overrode ; p. p. Overridden , Overrode , Overrid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding .] [AS. offer[=i]dan.] To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. To ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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" ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
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 ...
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.