- to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
- to disregard, set aside, or nullify; countermand: to override the board's veto.
- to take precedence over; preempt or supersede: to override any other considerations.
- to extend beyond or spread over; overlap.
- to modify or suspend the ordinary functioning of; alter the normal operation of.
- to ride over or across.
- to ride past or beyond.
- to trample or crush; ride down.
- to ride (a horse) too much.
- to ride too closely behind (the hounds).
- a commission on sales or profits, especially one paid at the executive or managerial level.
- budgetary or expense increase; exceeding of an estimate: work stoppage because of cost overrides.
- an ability or allowance to correct, change, supplement, or suspend the operation of an otherwise automatic mechanism, system, etc.
- an auxiliary device for such modification, as a special manual control.
- an act of nullifying, canceling, or setting aside: a congressional override of the president's veto.
- something that is a dominant or major facet of a program or series, especially something that serves as a unifying theme: an entertainment series with a historical override.
- to set aside or disregard with superior authority or power
- to supersede or annul
- to dominate or vanquish by or as if by trampling down
- to take manual control of (a system that is usually under automatic control)
- to extend or pass over, esp to overlap
- to ride (a horse) too hard
- to ride over or across
- a device or system that can override an automatic control