📖 Definitions of "Overridden"
verb
- 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.
"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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Overridden"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| abolishedverb | To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. |
| aborted | Stopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger. |
| abrogatedverb | (transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal. |
| annulled | cancelled or void |
| avoidedverb | (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from. |
| canceled | US standard spelling of cancelled. [No longer planned or scheduled.] |
| cancelled | No longer planned or scheduled. |
| deleted | Having been deleted or eliminated; absent from the final version. |
| disablednoun | Having a disability. |
| floutedverb | (transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action. |
| invalidverb | (British, transitive) To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health. |
| invalidatedverb | Made invalid. |
| lapsingnoun | The act or process by which something lapses. |
| neutralised | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics |
| neutralized | made neutral in some respect; deprived of distinctive characteristics |
| nullifiedverb | That has been declared null |
| offsetverb | (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction. |
| overruledverb | (transitive) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter. |
| overturned | having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom |
| overwrittenverb | (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it. |
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