override

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- +‎ ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override. === Pronunciation === Verb (UK) IPA(key): /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/ Noun (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹaɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹaɪd/ === Verb === override (third-person singular simple present overrides, present participle overriding, simple past overrode, past participle overridden) (transitive) To ride across or beyond something. (transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly. (transitive) To ride a horse too hard. (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority. Coordinate terms: come first, veto (transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system (object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature. ==== Usage notes ==== The form overrode is sometimes used as a past participle, in place of the standard overridden. Nonstandardly, the form overrided is sometimes used in place of the strong simple past and past participle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (programming): overload === Noun === override (plural overrides) A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. A royalty. A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others. (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “override”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “override”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. override in Britannica Dictionary