Betekenis van override In het Nederlands

• 0 (of a person who has the necessary authority) to decide against or refuse to accept a previous decision, an order, a person, etc.:

  • Every time I make a suggestion at work, my boss overrides me/it.

  • The president used his veto to override the committee's decision.

  • He overrode the autopilot when he realized it was malfunctioning.

• 1 to take control over something, especially in order to change the way it operates:

  • The pills are designed to override your body's own hormones.

• 2 to be more important than something:

  • Parents' concern for their children's future often overrides all their other concerns.

• 3 to travel on public transport further than your ticket allows you to:

  • There is a $20 penalty for passengers who travel without a ticket or override.

• 4 a device that changes the control of a machine or system in special situations, especially from automatic to manual:

  • The heating system has a manual override.

• 5 in American politics, an occasion when an elected group of people refuses to accept a decision made by an elected leader:

  • The vote fell short of the majority needed for an override of the Governor's veto.

• 6 to ignore or refuse to accept a suggestion, idea, or method that already exists or operates:

  • The legislature voted to override the presidential veto.

• 7 to refuse to accept or to decide against a previous decision or order:

  • override a decision/veto It takes a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate to override the governor's veto.

  • Every time I make a suggestion at work, my boss overrides me.

• 8 to be more important than something else:

  • The common good, he argued, overrode minority interests.

• 9 to stop a machine operating automatically, and control it yourself:

  • He overrode the autopilot when he realised it was malfunctioning.

• 10 a vote or a decision that ends or changes an earlier law or decision:

  • The city council voted in favor of a tax override.

• 11 a way of changing the control of a machine or system in special situations, especially from automatic to control by a person:

  • The heating system has a manual override.

• 12 →  overriding commission