Overriding

overriding
    adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant
           mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: {overriding},
           {paramount}, {predominant}, {predominate},
           {preponderant}, {preponderating}]
    

Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p.
   {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[imac]dan.]
   1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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            The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to
      nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a
      veto.
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   3. Hence: To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may
      override the decision of a subordinate.
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   4. To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot
      overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of
      the airplane.
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   5. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.]
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            I overrode him on the way.            --Shak.
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   6. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its
      strength.
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overriding

   <programming> Redefining in a {child class} a {method} or
   function member defined in a {parent class}.

   Not to be confused with "{overloading}".

   (1996-12-21)
    

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "overriding":
      all-absorbing, capital, cardinal, chief, compelling, controlling,
      dominant, dominating, foremost, highest, leading, main, master,
      overruling, overwhelming, paramount, pivotal, predominant,
      predominating, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevailing,
      primary, prime, principal, ranking, ruling, supreme, topmost,
      uppermost