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Override

//oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.

    "The bill passed with 72 members voting for the override and 46 against."

  2. 2
    the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something wordnet
  3. 3
    A royalty.
  4. 4
    a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device wordnet
  5. 5
    A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
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  1. 6
    A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
Verb
  1. 1
    To ride across or beyond something. transitive

    "Around 50 people were evacuated from a rush-hour London Overground service on October 12, after an eight-car train overrode the buffers at Enfield Town station."

  2. 2
    rule against wordnet
  3. 3
    To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly. transitive

    "Separation of the caboose from the VAN train had caused the train to go into emergency braking and when Extra 3119 West struck the third rack car, the car overrode the locomotive, destroyed the remaining superstructure, and caused the locomotive to overturn the north rail. The near-instantaneous derailment of the rest of the train followed immediately."

  4. 4
    ride (a horse) too hard wordnet
  5. 5
    To ride a horse too hard. transitive
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  1. 6
    counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) wordnet
  2. 7
    To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority. intransitive, transitive

    "In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting."

  3. 8
    prevail over wordnet
  4. 9
    To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system transitive

    "Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings."

  5. 10
    To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature. transitive

    "How the cat runs is defined in the method run() of the class Cat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass called Mammal."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.

Etymology 2

From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.

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