override - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

You can override or reject a decision if you're more powerful than the person who originally made the decision. And Congress has the power to override or nullify the Presidential veto if they have a two-thirds vote.

The word override can be used in a number of contexts. You can override or ride on top of the grass. You can override a horse, or ride it too hard. An army can override or dominate the enemy in a war. And a judge can override or set aside a decision in court. Regardless of which meaning you're using, remember that the thing doing the overriding always has the upper hand.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: override

1	v	ride (a horse) too hard
2	v n	prevail over the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
3	n v	a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: override

1

v ride (a horse) too hard

Type of:: ride, sit
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

2

v prevail over

“health considerations override financial concerns”

Type of:: dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

v rule against

Synonyms:: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse

Type of:: decree, rule
decide with authority

n the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

Synonyms:: nullification

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; cancellation
the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement; vitiation
nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null; counteraction, neutralisation, neutralization
action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action; neutralisation, neutralization
action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war; abrogation, annulment, repeal
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation; write-off
the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset; attainder, civil death
cancellation of civil rights; recission, rescission
(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made

Type of:: change of state
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

3

n a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device

Type of:: device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

v counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)

Type of:: counteract, counterbalance, countervail, neutralize
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions