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override ( Verb)

UK /ˌəʊ.vəˈraɪd/ US /ˌoʊ.vɚˈraɪd/

1-

C2

to use your ability to overturn someone else's choice, order, etc.

-> You don't have the right of override me.

-> Use your override right.

Synonym

overrule

Opposite

accept

Country/Politics ->

2-

C2

operating an automatic machine by hand

-> She overrode the mechanism.

-> I will overrode the autopilot in an hour.

Synonym

cancel

Opposite

start

Work & business ->

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