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Meaning of overrode

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

overrode

Pronunciation:/ˈəʊvəɹəʊd/

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.