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
The Chancellor, according to the practice which has overridden the Act of Union budgets for Great Britain, drags the schedule of taxes so fixed through Ireland like a net, and counts the take.
From The Open Secret of Ireland by T. M. (Thomas Michael) Kettle
