Definition of OVERRIDE

override

Plural: overrides

Noun

  • a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
  • the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
  • A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
  • A royalty.
  • 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: overrode, overridden, overriding, overrides

  • To set aside or disregard; to prevail over.
  • rule against
  • prevail over
    • "health considerations override financial concerns"
  • counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
  • ride (a horse) too hard
  • To ride across or beyond something.
  • To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
  • To ride a horse too hard.
  • To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
  • To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
  • To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

Examples

  • A judge can override an opponent’s challenge if the word is indeed valid in Scrabble.
  • Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
  • 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.
  • In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.
  • Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.

Scrabble Score: 12

override: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
override: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
override: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

override: valid Words With Friends Word