override

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'əʊ.vəraɪd/

[edit] Verb

to override (third-person singular simple present overrides, present participle overriding, simple past overrode, past participle overridden)

1. to ride across or beyond something.
2. to ride a horse too hard.
3. to counteract the normal operation of something.

   The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.

[edit] Usage notes

• Overrode is sometimes used as past participle instead of overridden. It seems more common in the US. It seems most common with "had", reaching 20% of usage in Usenet with that auxiliary. Less common was use with "have" and least with "has".
• Usage in edited works seems consistently less than 2% with most auxiliaries, except "had" where it can approach 5% of usage.

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[edit] Noun

override (plural overrides)

1. a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control
2. a royalty
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (music) a type of sound effects

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