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override

o·ver·ride [ vər rd ]


transitive verb  (past o·ver·rode [ vər rṓd ], past participle o·ver·rid·den [ vər rídd'n ], present participle o·ver·rid·ing, 3rd person present singular o·ver·rides)
Definition:
 
1. cancel something: to cancel or change an action or decision taken by somebody else
pledged to override the president's veto

2. outweigh something: to be more important than and take priority over something else

3. take manual control of something: to take manual control of an automatic control system

4. ride horse over something: to ride a horse over or across an area

5. ride horse too hard: to tire a horse by riding it too hard

6. overlap something: to extend over something, especially by overlapping it



noun  (plural o·ver·rides)
Definition:
 
1. assumption of manual control: the condition, process, or action of temporarily taking manual control of an automatic system

2. switch for manual control: a switch or some other manual control that temporarily cancels or reverses the effect of an automatic system

3. finance commission paid to executive: a commission that is paid to an account executive on sales made by a representative

4. reversal of decision: the act or process of canceling or changing an action or decision taken by somebody else

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