override
Pronunciation:
/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd//oʊ.vəɹˈɹaɪd/noun
Definitions
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
A royalty.
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
verb
Definitions
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.
Example: The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.