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overrode

The correct spelling is overrode.

How to pronounce overrode

verb

IPA: /ˈəʊvəɹəʊd/

Say it like: Ove-rro-de

The correct spelling is overrode. 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.

Definition

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.

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