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Uncommonoverriding
The correct spelling is overriding.
How to pronounce overriding
verb
Say it like: Ove-rri-din-g
The correct spelling is overriding. To ride across or beyond something. For example: "The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law."
Usage Examples
“The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To ride across or beyond something.
- 2.To ride a horse too hard.
- 3.To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- 4.To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
noun
- 1.The act or process by which something is overridden.
adjective
- 1.Superior, of supreme importance in the case.
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