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overrideverb (past overrode; past participle overridden) /əʊvəˈrʌɪd / [with object]1Use one’s authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.): the courts will ultimately override any objections...- Upon further thought, I have to say that it worries me that a governor has the right to override a court's decision and to decide someone's fate.
- It will establish a Council with the power to override court decisions and set aside previous convictions.
- But they all contemplate that in some circumstances, a court may override a parent's decision about with whom their children may have relationships.
Synonyms disallow, overrule, countermand, veto, set aside, quash, overturn, overthrow; cancel, reverse, rescind, rule against, revoke, withdraw, retract, take back, repeal, repudiate, recant, annul, nullify, declare null and void, invalidate, negate, void, abrogate; Law vacate archaic recall disregard, pay no heed to, take no account of, close one's mind to, turn a deaf ear to, discount, ignore, ride roughshod over, trample on 1.1Be more important than: this commitment should override all other considerations...- Poignant, moving and highly original, it taps into the heroic essence of Spencer's paintings while at the same time acknowledging a collective history which overrides imported values.
- However, he warned that gimmicks could never override the importance of the top property buzzword: location.
- In each case, motion comprises the work, yet the concept of motion and, often, motion contributed by the viewer, overrides the context and import of the original movement.
Synonyms outweigh, supersede, take precedence over, take priority over, be more important than, tip/turn the scales/balance against, offset, cancel out, (more than) make up for, outbalance, overbalance, compensate for, redress 2Interrupt the action of (an automatic device), typically in order to take manual control: you can override the cut-out by releasing the switch...- Again this is a situation where you need to override an automatic camera and set the controls manually.
- The operator has the option of overriding the sensor automatically selected by the operational software.
- And finally, on manual transmission vehicles, the clutch pedal ignition lock is overridden so the starter can be used without pushing in the clutch after stopping on a hill.
3 technical Extend over; overlap: the external rendering should not override the damp-proof membrane 4Travel or move over: (as noun overriding) overriding by vehicles is implicated in over half the cases of footway damage...- We have identified seven such lateral moraines that were overridden by the expansion and growth of the Fennoscandian ice sheet.
noun /ˈəʊvərʌɪd /1A device for suspending an automatic function on a machine: the flash has to have a manual override to be useful...- Most automatic fixtures have manual overrides should the sensors fail to function properly, manufacturers say.
- The moonwalkers were not opposed to increased use of automation, but they still wanted manual backups and overrides.
- The Earthlink system just automates it, but the manual override is always available by logging into webmail.
2An excess or increase on a budget, salary, or cost: commission overrides give established carriers an unfair advantage...- 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.
- In other words, adopt interpretations that will provoke a legislative override that will make it clear what the legislature really wants today.
3chiefly US A cancellation of a decision by exertion of authority or winning of votes: the House vote in favour of the bill was 10 votes short of the requisite majority for an override...- The Kansas legislature is likely to try to override the veto, and unless some legislators change their votes, the override will pass.
- The president had veto power over any bill passed by Congress, subject to a congressional override by a two-thirds vote of each house.
- After Wednesday's vote the Governor's pledged consequences for the override.
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