overrode

noun

(object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.

A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.

A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.

A royalty.

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.

(transitive) To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system

(object-oriented programming, transitive) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

(transitive) To ride across or beyond something.

(transitive) To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.

(transitive) To ride a horse too hard.

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