overriding
adjective
[ əʊvəˈrʌɪdɪŋ ]
• more important than any other considerations.
• "the overriding concern of the organizers was the financial crisis"
Similar:
most important,
of greatest importance,
of prime importance,
of supreme importance,
of greatest significance,
uppermost,
top,
supreme,
first,
first and foremost,
highest,
pre-eminent,
outstanding,
predominant,
dominant,
prevailing,
preponderant,
principal,
leading,
primary,
paramount,
chief,
main,
major,
most prominent,
cardinal,
foremost,
central,
key,
focal,
pivotal,
essential,
number-one,
• extending or moving over something, especially while remaining in close contact.
• "oceanic lithosphere beneath an overriding continental plate"
override
verb
• use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.).
• "the courts will ultimately override any objections"
Similar:
disallow,
overrule,
countermand,
veto,
set aside,
quash,
overturn,
overthrow,
cancel,
reverse,
rescind,
rule against,
revoke,
withdraw,
retract,
take back,
repeal,
repudiate,
recant,
annul,
nullify,
declare null and void,
invalidate,
negate,
void,
abrogate,
vacate,
recall,
disregard,
pay no heed to,
take no account of,
close one's mind to,
turn a deaf ear to,
discount,
ignore,
ride roughshod over,
trample on,
• interrupt the action of (an automatic device), typically in order to take manual control.
• "you can override the cut-out by releasing the switch"
• extend over; overlap.
• "the external rendering should not override the damp-proof membrane"
• travel or move over.
• "part of the deposit was overridden and covered by the advancing ice"
