override in English

verb

1

use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).

the legislature's insistence on overriding his budget vetoes

synonyms: disallow, overrule, countermand, veto, quash, overturn, overthrow, cancel, reverse, rescind, revoke, repeal, annul, nullify, invalidate, negate, void, vacate, abrogate, disregard, pay no heed to, take no account of, turn a deaf ear to, ignore, ride roughshod over

2

extend over; overlap.

the external rendering should not override the vapor barrier

3

travel or move over (a place or thing).

part of the deposit was overridden and covered by the advancing ice

noun

1

a device for suspending an automatic function on a machine.

Most automatic fixtures have manual overrides should the sensors fail to function properly, manufacturers say.

2

an excess or increase on a budget, salary, or cost.

At some point in the political evolution of the Charter, it will be worthwhile to encourage a more reasoned public and political understanding of the override than currently exists.

3

a cancellation of a decision by exertion of authority or winning of votes.

the House vote in favor of the bill was ten votes short of the requisite majority for an override

verb

disallow, overrule, countermand, veto, quash, overturn, overthrow, cancel, reverse, rescind, revoke, repeal, annul, nullify, invalidate, negate, void, vacate, abrogate
disregard, pay no heed to, take no account of, turn a deaf ear to, ignore, ride roughshod over
outweigh, supersede, take priority over, take precedence over, offset, cancel out, (more than) make up for, outbalance, compensate for
overturn, overrule, overthrow, reverse

noun

nullification
nullification

Use "override" in a sentence

1. We couldn' t override their override of our override

2. Bidi-override: For inline elements, this creates an override

3. Override keyboard fonts

4. Security override nonfunctional

5. Can you override?

6. Override default shell

7. & Override character encoding

8. In addition, customers can override IPs at will using our IP Override feature.

9. Event vector table override

10. Can you override it?

11. There's an override button.

12. We need to override the...

13. Go manual override on helm.

14. You can override Alby's signature.

15. Descent engine Command override off.

16. Override a default ad tag

17. Wide area trunked channel busy override

18. Annotations applied to Java code: @Override - …

19. To turn on auto-tagging override:

20. Manual callout extensions override dynamic callouts.

21. This button controls the emergency override.

22. Override the pre-filled zeroes, if required.

23. A global recession can override that theory .

24. Override the surveillance video and CCTV systems.

25. You can opt to override these blocks.

26. Can you override the automatic locking system?

27. Fox showed me how to override the reactor.

28. Hit the override button and start the engines.

29. Sir, that's an official ASI override of protocol.

30. The Senate voted to override the president's veto.

31. For example: The @Override and @Deprecated are marker Annotations

32. You can also override template settings for individual books.

33. But it has the ability to override our feelings.

34. Likewise, campaign-level extensions override account-level extensions.

35. I'd have to disable remote override on each system.

36. Do Accidentals override key signature and previous Accidentals? 2

37. Just a command code sufficient to override normal dialling protocols.

38. A two-thirds majority is needed to override a veto.

39. The President used his veto to override the committee's decision.

40. If you opted to override blocks, they won’t apply.

41. Override the math font to be a serif font

42. You can also override other default ad tag parameters.

43. Agent Turner just used a security override To bypass customs.

44. Problem: hatch door malfunction, backup power fail, manual override fail

45. Too much dopamine though can override our natural satiation mechanisms.

46. The appeal court override the decision of the lower court.

47. 16 synonyms for Countermand: cancel, reverse, override, repeal, revoke, retract, rescind

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49. In the previous examples, Override and SuppressWarnings are predefined Java Annotations

50. Changing the global HTML setting will override all folder specific values