override

/ˈoʊvərraɪd/

/ˈʌʊvəraɪd/

Other forms: overriding; overridden; overrode; overrides

You can override or reject a decision if you're more powerful than the person who originally made the decision.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.

Definitions of override

1. verb

   ride (a horse) too hard
   type of:

   ride, sit

   sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
2. verb

   prevail over
   “health considerations override financial concerns”

   type of:

   dominate, predominate, prevail, reign, rule

   be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
3. verb

   reject, reverse, or overturn a decision, ruling, or argument
   synonyms: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse

   type of:

   decree, rule

   decide with authority
4. noun

   the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
   synonyms: nullification

   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
5. noun

   a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
   type of:

   device

   an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
6. verb

   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