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Definition override in American English

override verb

[transitive] verb
/ˌoʊvərˈraɪd/
1

to use official authority to ignore or change a decision that someone else made

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2

to be much more important than something else

Example

Passenger safety overrides all of our other concerns.

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Definition override in American English