overriding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overriding	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overriding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overriding adj having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" Synonym(s): overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Override \O`ver*ride"\, v. t. [imp. {Overrode}; p. p. {Overridden}, {Overrode}, {Overrid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overriding}.] [AS. offer[c6]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
overriding Redefining in a {child class} a {method} or function member defined in a {parent class}. Not to be confused with "{overloading}". (1996-12-21)