OVERRIDE (overridden, overrode)

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Irregular inflected forms: overridden    , overrode   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does override mean? 

• OVERRIDE (noun)
  The noun OVERRIDE has 2 senses:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: OVERRIDE used as a noun is rare.

• OVERRIDE (verb)
  The verb OVERRIDE has 4 senses:

1. rule against

2. prevail over

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

4. ride (a horse) too hard

  Familiarity information: OVERRIDE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERRIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("override" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nullification; override

Hypernyms ("override" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "override"):

cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)

vitiation (nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null)

counteraction; neutralisation; neutralization (action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action)

neutralisation; neutralization (action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war)

Derivation:

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

override (prevail over)

• OVERRIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they override    ... he / she / it overrides   
Past simple: overrode   
Past participle: overridden   
-ing form: overriding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rule against

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

override; overrule; overthrow; overturn; reverse

Context example:

The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill

Hypernyms (to "override" is one way to...):

decree; rule (decide with authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevail over

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

health considerations override financial concerns

Hypernyms (to "override" is one way to...):

dominate; predominate; prevail; reign; rule (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "override" is one way to...):

counteract; counterbalance; countervail; neutralize (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Ride (a horse) too hard

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "override" is one way to...):

ride; sit (sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions)

Domain category:

horseback riding; riding (travel by being carried on horseback)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Love tormented him and overrode his will, so that, despite all determination, he found himself at the little ink-stained table.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Activation of such genes overrides the normal mechanisms of regulation and is an important step in the process of cellular transformation.

(Oncogene Activation Process, NCI Thesaurus)

E1A interacts with diverse cellular proteins to override host cell controls of cell cycle, differentiation or apoptosis.

(Oncogene E1A, NCI Thesaurus)

That you will not say, ‘Please, please,’ too often; for when you do you are sure to override my authority.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

By overriding the last checkpoint defense against DNA damaging agent-induced lethal damage, chk1 inhibitor PF-477736 may potentiate the antitumor efficacy of various chemotherapeutic agents against tumor cells with intrinsic checkpoint defects.

(CHK1 Inhibitor PF-477736, NCI Thesaurus)

He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that to speak at all was very painful to him, and that his will all through was overriding his inclinations.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In a hyperthermic state, the hypothalamic set-point is normal but body temperature increases and overrides the ability to lose heat, resulting from exogenous heat exposure or endogenous heat production.

(Hyperthermia, NCI Thesaurus)

For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not following his story.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group in which one feels comfortable may override personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes and/or behaviors.

(Peer Pressure, NCI Thesaurus)

Only that at the beginning; but you are to have an overriding commission of one per cent on all business done by your agents, and you may take my word for it that this will come to more than your salary.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)