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Verb: override (overrode,overridden) `ow-vu(r)'rId- Rule against
- overrule, overturn, overthrow, reverse - Prevail over
"health considerations override financial concerns" - Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- Ride (a horse) too hard
Noun: override 'ow-vu(r)`rId- 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
- nullification
Derived forms: overridden, overrides, overrode, overriding Type of: change of state, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, decree, device, dominate, neutralise [Brit], neutralize, predominate, prevail, reign, ride, rule, sit Encyclopedia: Override |