Overrode

Word OVERRODE
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈəʊvəɹəʊd/

Definitions and meanings of "Overrode"

What do we mean by overrode?

Simple past of override. verb

To ride across or beyond something.

To ride a horse too hard.

To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.

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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The word "overrode" in example sentences

There's a priority override on private communications, as you can imagine - but of course your name overrode that. ' ❋ Clarke, Arthur C. (1987)

A desire to have the faith that was in her supported by this man's own word overrode her shyness. ❋ Samuel Hopkins Adams (1914)

LEVIN: The judge in this case kind of overrode your department by setting policies that have to do ultimately with overcrowding and issues that you have to deal with. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Dorn said he "overrode" his attorney's advice to challenge the charge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"overrode" just as mine did; but his face was enough and would have been evidence of his identity as my son in any court in Christendom. ❋ L. A. Abbott (N/A)

In New Hampshire, the GOP-controlled state legislature overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a law requiring notification of the parents of an underage woman seeking an abortion. ❋ Elizabeth Williamson (2011)

The latter's unaffected elegance overrode the unfortunate aesthetics of Ms. Hynes's dull-purple, striped-shirt costume, which more befits a gangster than a swain on a lyric stroll with his lady love. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

Jay Nixon promptly vetoed it, but the Missouri legislature overrode the veto, with four African-American legislators joining 105 Republicans to provide the exact number of votes needed. ❋ Naftali Bendavid (2011)

But in an alternate cast the younger Matthew Renko performed with an eagerness and focus that overrode his occasional technical shortcomings. ❋ Robert Greskovic (2011)

Her happiness came when he coolly overrode her objections and insisted on two dances more than she had allotted him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The euro rose against the dollar, as support from Japanese and European financial authorities momentarily overrode angst about the euro-zone debt crisis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Food and Drug Administration's rejection of Orexigen Therapeutics Inc.'s Contrave overrode the recommendation of the agency's outside experts, and sent Orexigen shares tumbling 73% to $2.50 in 4 p.m. trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. ❋ Thomas Gryta (2011)

At Wednesday's hearing, Ms. Schapiro said SEC staff in signing the lease overrode her preference for staffing the bulk of any new hires in regional offices and for any new office space in Washington to be within walking distance from the SEC's headquarters. ❋ Jessica Holzer (2011)

The state legislature overrode his veto, and the resulting law forced hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims. ❋ Carol E. Lee (2012)

Countrywide allegedly loosened its mortgage standards and verification procedures and agents overrode warnings from a computerized underwriting system that analyzed the ability of applicants to repay. ❋ AP (2011)

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