override
verb (used with object)
to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule.
has overridden
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present perfectof override (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Of the record 25 vetoes he’s already issued, the legislature has overridden 20 of them.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2018
“None of that has overridden the attractiveness of this state for talent and innovation and entrepreneurship.”
From New York Times ● May 7, 2018
“It has overridden everything – and I do mean everything,” one source told ESPN.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2017
Ms McKenna shows how, for decades, the demand for “meat for the price of bread” has overridden other concerns.
From Economist ● Sep. 21, 2017
There is no case in which this House has overridden everything, and put one of its members where he had no chance of battling for his right at all.
From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Charles Bradlaugh
