Sekirov Dictionary

override

UK /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/US /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/

verb 6
/ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹaɪd/ noun 4
forms 4

verb6

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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.
- Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
•
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.
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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.
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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. — 2021
To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
To ride a horse too hard.

override

UK /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹaɪd/US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹaɪd/

noun4

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A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- The bill passed with 72 members voting for the override and 46 against. — 2024
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.
A royalty.

forms

overrode · overridden · overriding · overrides

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