1. past tense of override; to use one’s authority to reject or cancel a decision made by someone else
2. past tense of override; to be more important than something else and cause it to be ignored or not considered
3. past tense of override; to interrupt or stop the normal operation of an automatic system
Usage: technical

Examples

• The president overrode Congress’s decision with his veto power.
• The manager overrode the employee’s request for time off.
• Safety concerns overrode all other considerations in the project.
• His desire to help overrode his fear of getting involved.
• The pilot overrode the autopilot system during the emergency.
• She overrode the computer’s automatic settings to fix the problem.
• The board overrode the committee’s recommendation.
• Common sense overrode his initial impulse to argue.