override
To ride across or beyond somethingTo ride across or beyond something.
» One's own will overrides any command.
Der eigene Wille geht vor jedem Befehl.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To ride across or beyond something.
ride (a horse) too hard
(transitive)To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
prevail over
(transitive)To ride a horse too hard.
(intransitive, transitive)To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
In automotive design, safety should override lesser factors such as cosmetics and corner-cutting.
Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
übersteuern
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
(transitive)To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.
(transitive)To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
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.
überschreiben
переопределитьpereopredelitʹ
Examples
14 sentencesOne's own will overrides any command.
deDer eigene Wille geht vor jedem Befehl.
Damiano refused to approve the override command.
The contract has an override clause specifying which terms take precedence.
Use the manual override.
ruИспользуй ручное управление.
deSchalte auf Handbetrieb um.
Compassion should override judgment.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. CogFrom Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.
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Forms
overrides, overriding, overrode, overridden| Base form | override · to override |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overrides |
| Present participle | overriding |
| Past simple | overrode |
| Past participle | overridden |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle