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Meaning of overriding

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

overriding

verb

Definitions

  1. To ride across or beyond something.

  2. To ride a horse too hard.

  3. 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.

  4. To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act or process by which something is overridden.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Superior, of supreme importance in the case.