"override" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈəʊ.vəˌɹaɪd/ [UK], /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹaɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-override2.wav , En-us-override.ogg Forms: overrides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overriden}} Middle English overriden, {{inh|en|ang|oferrīdan}} Old English oferrīdan, {{prefix|en|over|ride}} over- + ride, {{cog|nl|overrijden}} Dutch overrijden, {{cog|de|überreiten}} German überreiten, {{cog|da|override}} Danish override Head templates: {{en-noun}} override (plural overrides)
  1. A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control. Translations (a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control): オーバーライド (ōbāraido) (Japanese), ரத்து செய்தல் (rattu ceytal) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-override-en-noun-r73Nmsh6 Disambiguation of 'a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control': 89 0 9 2
  2. A royalty. Translations (a royalty): rojalti (Finnish), 優先 (yūsen) (Japanese), 優待 (yūtai) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-override-en-noun-tJq~ey4y Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 9 12 16 12 11 16 2 6 7 8 Disambiguation of 'a royalty': 1 98 0 1
  3. A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
    Sense id: en-override-en-noun-ZcwyWrBS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 13 34 5 2 0 7 3 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 9 12 16 12 11 16 2 6 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 19 34 3 2 1 3 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 4 15 23 4 24 1 4 3 15
  4. (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. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming
    Sense id: en-override-en-noun-4Ptt20MM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 13 34 5 2 0 7 3 29 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 3 6 22 29 5 3 1 4 3 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 9 12 16 12 11 16 2 6 7 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 22 28 6 4 1 4 3 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 19 34 3 2 1 3 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 24 35 3 2 1 2 1 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 6 22 28 7 5 2 4 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 6 22 29 7 5 1 4 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 4 15 23 4 24 1 4 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 5 22 30 6 5 2 4 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 5 18 27 6 4 1 7 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 3 16 27 4 7 1 8 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 5 24 32 6 3 1 4 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 5 24 32 6 3 1 4 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 4 20 26 4 8 1 6 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 5 18 27 6 9 1 5 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 20 27 7 8 1 5 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 7 5 17 27 4 11 1 5 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 7 4 19 28 5 9 1 5 4 18

Verb [English]

IPA: /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/ [UK], /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-override1.wav Forms: overrides [present, singular, third-person], overriding [participle, present], overrode [past], overridden [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overriden}} Middle English overriden, {{inh|en|ang|oferrīdan}} Old English oferrīdan, {{prefix|en|over|ride}} over- + ride, {{cog|nl|overrijden}} Dutch overrijden, {{cog|de|überreiten}} German überreiten, {{cog|da|override}} Danish override Head templates: {{en-verb|overrides|overriding|overrode|overridden}} override (third-person singular simple present overrides, present participle overriding, simple past overrode, past participle overridden)
  1. To ride across or beyond something. Translations (to ride across or beyond something): ratsastaa poikki (Finnish), ratsastaa yli (Finnish), outrepasser (French), oltrepassare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb-zo7iwV0B Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 9 12 16 12 11 16 2 6 7 8 Disambiguation of 'to ride across or beyond something': 88 5 5 1 0 1
  2. To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb-5GvVe8Ca Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over-, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 9 12 16 12 11 16 2 6 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 4 15 23 4 24 1 4 3 15
  3. To ride a horse too hard. Translations (to ride a horse too hard): пресилвам (presilvam) (Bulgarian), afjakkeren (Dutch), ratsastaa liian kovaa (Finnish), ratsastaa väsyksiin (Finnish), 酷使する (kokushi suru) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb-UbFRSOkd Disambiguation of 'to ride a horse too hard': 5 5 90 0 0 0
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to counteract the normal operation of something): отменям (otmenjam) (Bulgarian), revocar (Catalan), kumota (Finnish), outrepasser (French), დაძლევა (daʒleva) [noun-from-verb] (Georgian), დაძლევს (daʒlevs) [infinitive] (Georgian), übersteuern (German), felülbírálni (Hungarian), forzare (Italian), bypassare (Italian), 覆す (kutsugaesu) (Japanese), motvirke (Norwegian), overstyre (Norwegian), روسواردن (Persian), sobrepor (Portuguese), contornar (Portuguese), anular (Portuguese), åsidosätta (Swedish), zorlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb-IED8N0EZ Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to counteract the normal operation of something': 0 1 0 94 2 2
  5. To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb-~8hLaN3q
  6. (object-oriented programming) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations ((software) To define a new behaviour of a method): sobreescriure (Catalan), 重写 (chóngxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), syrjäyttää (Finnish), redéfinir (French), გადაფარვა (gadaparva) (Georgian), überschreiben (German), επικαλύπτω (epikalýpto) (Greek), υποσκελίζω (yposkelízo) (Greek), ridefinire (Italian), روسواردن (Persian), nadpisać (Polish), sobrepor (Portuguese), ghi đè (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-override-en-verb--o35rh8N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 13 34 5 2 0 7 3 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 19 34 3 2 1 3 3 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 4 15 23 4 24 1 4 3 15 Disambiguation of '(software) To define a new behaviour of a method': 1 0 0 6 2 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonoverridable, nonoverridability, nonoverridden, overridability, overridable, override one's commission, unoverridable Related terms: overload [programming, computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981 August 18, National Transportation Safety Board, “Collision and Derailment”, in Railroad Accident Report: Rear-End Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Company Freight Trains Extra 3119 West and Extra 8044 West, Near Kelso, California, November 17, 1980, archived from the original on 2022-03-29, page 6:",
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          "ref": "1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ride across or beyond something",
      "word": "ratsastaa poikki"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ratsastaa liian kovaa"
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      "sense": "to ride a horse too hard",
      "word": "ratsastaa väsyksiin"
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      "roman": "kokushi suru",
      "sense": "to ride a horse too hard",
      "word": "酷使する"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "revocar"
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      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "kumota"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daʒleva",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
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      "word": "დაძლევა"
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      "roman": "daʒlevs",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "übersteuern"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "felülbírálni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "forzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "bypassare"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kutsugaesu",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "motvirke"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "overstyre"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "روسواردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "sobrepor"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "contornar"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "anular"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "åsidosätta"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to counteract the normal operation of something",
      "word": "zorlamak"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "sobreescriure"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "(software) To define a new behaviour of a method",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
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      "roman": "ōbāraido",
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      "word": "オーバーライド"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a royalty",
      "word": "rojalti"
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      "roman": "yūsen",
      "sense": "a royalty",
      "word": "優先"
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