overriding

[ oh-ver-rahy-ding ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈraɪ dɪŋ /

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adjective

taking precedence over all other considerations.

Origin of overriding

First recorded in 1820–30; override + -ing²

Words nearby overriding

overreliance, overrepresent, overrich, override, overrider, overriding, overripe, overruff, overrule, overrun, overrun brake

Definition for overriding (2 of 2)

override

[ verb oh-ver-rahyd; noun oh-ver-rahyd ]

/ verb ˌoʊ vərˈraɪd; noun ˈoʊ vərˌraɪd /

verb (used with object), o·ver·rode, o·ver·rid·den, o·ver·rid·ing.

to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.

to disregard, set aside, or nullify; countermand: to override the board's veto.

to take precedence over; preempt or supersede: to override any other considerations.

to extend beyond or spread over; overlap.

to modify or suspend the ordinary functioning of; alter the normal operation of.

to ride over or across.

to ride past or beyond.

to trample or crush; ride down.

to ride (a horse) too much.

Fox Hunting. to ride too closely behind (the hounds).

noun

a commission on sales or profits, especially one paid at the executive or managerial level.

budgetary or expense increase; exceeding of an estimate: work stoppage because of cost overrides.

an ability or allowance to correct, change, supplement, or suspend the operation of an otherwise automatic mechanism, system, etc.

an auxiliary device for such modification, as a special manual control.

an act of nullifying, canceling, or setting aside: a congressional override of the president's veto.

Radio and Television Slang. something that is a dominant or major facet of a program or series, especially something that serves as a unifying theme: an entertainment series with a historical override.

Origin of override

before 900; Middle English overriden to ride over or across, Old English oferrīdan. See over-, ride

Example sentences from the Web for overriding

The overriding theme of the hundreds of interviews Newman had granted is his discretion.

The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70 |Peter Richmond |October 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What adds a richness to the stories is the way you take relationships themselves as an overriding theme.

Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends |Mindy Farabee |September 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, the Peace Corps maintains that it has an overriding obligation to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims.

The Peace Corps' Awful Secret |Tim Mak |August 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
More than anything, her overriding passion seemed to be posting endless photos of herself.

The Black Widow of Silicon Valley |Michael Daly |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And these are two overriding drivers of health care costs, according to a 2007 McKinsey and Company study.

Why Primary-Care Physicians Need a Minimum Wage |Daniela Drake |May 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But overriding everything else was humiliation—a feeling of degradation, such as some deed of shame would engender.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. |Various
So far as I could tell, she was right; and I had no further need of overriding dismissal.

The Professor's Mystery |Wells Hastings
It all comes of a kind of brutal, sweeping, overriding prejudice he has against guessing on anything.

The Lost Art of Reading |Gerald Stanley Lee
She was headstrong and accustomed to overriding opposition: to having her own way.

Dominie Dean |Ellis Parker Butler
A political democracy exhibits an overriding of thought like that seen in any convention or institution.

Human Nature and Conduct |John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for overriding (1 of 2)

overriding

/ (ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ) /

adjective

taking precedence

British Dictionary definitions for overriding (2 of 2)

override

/ (ˌəʊvəˈraɪd) /

verb -rides, -riding, -rode or -ridden (tr)

to set aside or disregard with superior authority or power

to supersede or annul

to dominate or vanquish by or as if by trampling down

to take manual control of (a system that is usually under automatic control)

to extend or pass over, esp to overlap

to ride (a horse) too hard

to ride over or across

noun

a device or system that can override an automatic control

Medical definitions for overriding

overriding

[ ō′vər-rī′dĭng ]

adj.

First in priority; more important than all others.

Of or relating to a fracture in which the broken ends of the bone slip past each other and are held in the overlap position by contracted muscles.

Of or relating to a fetal head that is palpable above the pubic symphysis because of the disproportion between the size of the fetal head and the size of the maternal pelvis.

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Definition for overriding (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), o·ver·rode, o·ver·rid·den, o·ver·rid·ing.

noun

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adjective

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verb -rides, -riding, -rode or -ridden (tr)

noun

Medical definitions for overriding

adj.

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overriding

adjective

Origin of overriding

Words nearby overriding

Definition for overriding (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), o·ver·rode, o·ver·rid·den, o·ver·rid·ing.

noun

Origin of override

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British Dictionary definitions for overriding (1 of 2)

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for overriding (2 of 2)

verb -rides, -riding, -rode or -ridden (tr)

noun

Medical definitions for overriding

adj.