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overriding   (TTS Sound)

The verb override has 4 senses

• overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse -- (rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill")


• override -- (prevail over; "health considerations override financial concerns")


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


• override -- (ride (a horse) too hard)

The adj overriding has 1 sense

• overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating -- (having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism")