override
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override
- /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/ UK
- /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/ US
- /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹaɪd/ UK
- /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹaɪd/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.
verb overrides · overriding · overrode · overridden
- To ride across or beyond something. 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.
- To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly. 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 der
- To ride a horse too hard.
- To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority. In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.
- To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.
- To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature. 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.
noun overrides
- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. The bill passed with 72 members voting for the override and 46 against.
- A royalty.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: overturn, overthrow, reverse, overrule, transcend, overpower, overcome, outstrip, outweigh, outdo, outperform, exceed, overstep, overwhelm, defeat, circumvent
Translations
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verb to ride across or beyond something
| Français | outrepasser |
|---|---|
| Italiano | oltrepassare |
verb to ride a horse too hard
| 日本語 | 酷使する kokushi suru |
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verb to counteract the normal operation of something
| Español | hacer caso omiso de, anteponerse a |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 覆す kutsugaesu |
| Português | sobrepor, contornar, anular |
| Français | outrepasser |
| Deutsch | übersteuern |
| Italiano | forzare, bypassare |
verb (software) To define a new behaviour of a method
| 中文 | 重写 chóngxiě |
|---|---|
| Português | sobrepor |
| Français | redéfinir |
| Deutsch | überschreiben |
| Italiano | ridefinire |
| Ελληνικά | επικαλύπτω epikalýpto, υποσκελίζω yposkelízo |
| Русский | переопределить pereopredelitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ghi đè |
noun a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control
| 日本語 | オーバーライド ōbāraido |
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title = {override},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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