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# override

«override» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cancel it using greater power** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (override, overrides, overrode, overriding, overridden); noun (an override)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To override a decision or order is to cancel it using greater power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#m1)

2) To override is to be more important than something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#m2)

3) To override a machine is to stop it working automatically and control it yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#m3)

4) An override is a switch or way to do this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school: the head can override a teacher's decision; in technology: a manual override; in ethics: safety overrides other rules.

### examples

- The head teacher overrode the decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x1)
- Safety overrides everything else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x2)
- The pilot used the manual override. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x3)
- Parents can override the tablet's settings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x4)
- His fear was overridden by his curiosity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x5)
- Press the override button to stop the alarm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/#x6)

### note

Irregular: override, overrode, overridden. Do not confuse with «overrun» or «overrate».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «override» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/override/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.