overriding

4 definitions found

overriding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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overriding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  overriding
      adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant
             mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding,
             paramount, predominant, predominate,
             preponderant, preponderating]

overriding - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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

overriding - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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