Overriding

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
     {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[imac]dan.]
     1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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              The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to
        nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a
        veto.
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     3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may
        override the decision of a subordinate.
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     4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot
        overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of
        the airplane.
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     5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
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              I overrode him on the way.            --Shak.
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     6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
        strength.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overriding
       adj : having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood
             among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {paramount}, {predominant},
              {predominate}, {preponderant}, {preponderating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "overriding":
     all-absorbing, capital, cardinal, chief, compelling, controlling,
     dominant, dominating, foremost, highest, leading, main, master,
     overruling, overwhelming, paramount, pivotal, predominant,
     predominating, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevailing,
     primary, prime, principal, ranking, ruling, supreme, topmost,
     uppermost
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  overriding
       
           Redefining in a {child class} a {method} or
          function member defined in a {parent class}.
       
          Not to be confused with "{overloading}".
       
          (1996-12-21)