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单词 overriding
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overriding

adjective

over·​rid·​ing ˌō-vər-ˈrī-diŋ How to pronounce overriding (audio)
ˌō-və-
: chief, principal
an overriding concern

Synonyms

  • arch
  • big
  • capital
  • cardinal
  • central
  • chief
  • dominant
  • first
  • foremost
  • grand
  • great
  • greatest
  • highest
  • key
  • leading
  • main
  • master
  • number one
  • No. 1
  • numero uno
  • overbearing
  • overmastering
  • paramount
  • predominant
  • preeminent
  • premier
  • primal
  • primary
  • principal
  • prior
  • sovereign
  • sovran
  • supreme
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Example Sentences

We have one overriding concern. The weather is the overriding factor in deciding whether to cancel the picnic.
Recent Examples on the Web While having a Space Guard was part of the initial Air Force plan, the funding limits have become the overriding issue. Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022 The Biden administration has made clear the kind of outcome the U.S. is trying to produce, but also rightly made clear the limits of U.S. engagement and the overriding concern about avoiding nuclear escalation. Matthew Duss, The New Republic, 1 June 2022 But the overriding perception of the boot was one of luxurious nonchalance. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 This summer, though, the overriding factors driving the strikers appear to be economic. Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2022 The first sign that leaders may have WDS is an overriding sense of being smart and the belief in the absolute supremacy of their methodology used to gain knowledge. Gregory Stebbins, Forbes, 16 June 2022 So there were all these emotions, but the overriding factors were the injuries to Klay and Kevin. Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022 Prospectors tended to have severely limited diets due to high food costs in remote mining boomtowns, the shorter shelf life of vitamin C-rich options, and the overriding focus on fortune hunting. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022 His remarks came as overriding U.S. strategic interests in oil and security have recently pushed the administration to rethink the arms-length stance that Biden pledged to take with the Saudis as a candidate for the White House. Noha Elhennawy, ajc, 2 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

overriding 1 of 2

adjective

as in main
coming before all others in importance the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • main
  • predominant
  • primary
  • greatest
  • highest
  • dominant
  • foremost
  • leading
  • key
  • first
  • supreme
  • principal
  • central
  • big
  • paramount
  • chief
  • cardinal
  • primal
  • master
  • overbearing
  • great
  • prior
  • sovereign
  • overmastering
  • capital
  • preeminent
  • premier
  • distinguished
  • arch
  • number one
  • outstanding
  • top
  • important
  • major
  • grand
  • notable
  • signal
  • superior
  • eminent
  • sovran
  • noteworthy
  • numero uno
  • influential
  • stellar
  • senior
  • No. 1
  • illustrious
  • unparalleled
  • incomparable
  • prestigious
  • matchless
  • significant
  • unsurpassed
  • noble
  • star
  • high-level
  • momentous
  • mighty
  • famed
  • unequalled
  • celebrated
  • unequaled
  • renowned
  • famous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • least
  • last
  • negligible
  • secondary
  • trivial
  • minor
  • subordinate
  • slight
  • unimportant
  • insignificant
  • inferior
  • inconsequential
  • collateral
  • inconsiderable
  • trifling
  • subsidiary
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overriding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of override
1
as in vetoing
to make (something) no longer valid Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school. Upper management reserves the right to override any decisions made by supervisors.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • vetoing
  • overruling
  • withdrawing
  • suspending
  • canceling
  • overturning
  • dismissing
  • nullifying
  • retracting
  • invalidating
  • rejecting
  • reversing
  • avoiding
  • negating
  • cancelling
  • countermanding
  • repealing
  • voiding
  • abrogating
  • nulling
  • abolishing
  • quashing
  • rescinding
  • annulling
  • revoking
  • aborting
  • recalling
  • dissolving
  • prohibiting
  • vacating
  • erasing
  • striking down
  • rolling back
  • removing
  • forbidding
  • eliminating
  • disannulling
  • outlawing
  • abating
  • disallowing
  • calling
  • banning
  • enjoining
  • dropping
  • calling off
  • eradicating
  • annihilating
  • liquidating
  • writing off
  • throwing out
  • breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • authorizing
  • permitting
  • passing
  • allowing
  • approving
  • establishing
  • endorsing
  • enacting
  • warranting
  • clearing
  • ratifying
  • sanctioning
  • validating
  • indorsing
  • instituting
  • founding
  • laying down
  • legislating
  • mandating
  • prescribing
  • commanding
  • ordering
  • legitimating
  • legitimizing
  • decreeing
  • legalizing
  • formalizing
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2
as in smashing
to knock down and drive over They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • smashing
  • stamping
  • kicking
  • stomping
  • trampling
  • running over
  • running down
  • squelching
  • squashing
  • stepping (on)
  • booting
  • pulping
  • tramping
  • mashing
  • champing
  • hoofing
  • tromping
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