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overriding

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. 1.To ride across or beyond something.
  2. 2.To ride a horse too hard.
  3. 3.To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
  4. 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. 1.The act or process by which something is overridden.

adjective

  1. 1.Superior, of supreme importance in the case.

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