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/ ˌoʊ vərˈraɪ dɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective taking precedence over all other considerations.
Origin of overriding First recorded in 1820–30; override + -ing2
Words nearby overriding overreliance, overrepresent, overrich, override, overrider, overriding , overripe, overruff, overrule, overrun, overrun brake
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Example sentences from the Web for overriding The overriding theme of the hundreds of interviews Newman had granted is his discretion.
The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70 | Peter Richmond| October 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
What adds a richness to the stories is the way you take relationships themselves as an overriding theme.
Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends | Mindy Farabee| September 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, the Peace Corps maintains that it has an overriding obligation to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims.
The Peace Corps' Awful Secret | Tim Mak| August 16, 2014| DAILY BEAST
More than anything, her overriding passion seemed to be posting endless photos of herself.
The Black Widow of Silicon Valley | Michael Daly| July 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And these are two overriding drivers of health care costs, according to a 2007 McKinsey and Company study.
Why Primary-Care Physicians Need a Minimum Wage | Daniela Drake| May 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But overriding everything else was humiliation—a feeling of degradation, such as some deed of shame would engender.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, April, 1876. | Various
So far as I could tell, she was right; and I had no further need of overriding dismissal.
The Professor's Mystery | Wells Hastings
It all comes of a kind of brutal, sweeping, overriding prejudice he has against guessing on anything.
The Lost Art of Reading | Gerald Stanley Lee
She was headstrong and accustomed to overriding opposition: to having her own way.
Dominie Dean | Ellis Parker Butler
A political democracy exhibits an overriding of thought like that seen in any convention or institution.
Human Nature and Conduct | John Dewey
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British Dictionary definitions for overriding Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to overriding paramount, main, predominant, ultimate, prevailing, prime, major, determining, compelling, ruling, overruling, cardinal, dominant, final, number one, pivotal, primary, principal, supreme
Medical definitions for overriding adj. First in priority; more important than all others.
Of or relating to a fracture in which the broken ends of the bone slip past each other and are held in the overlap position by contracted muscles.
Of or relating to a fetal head that is palpable above the pubic symphysis because of the disproportion between the size of the fetal head and the size of the maternal pelvis.
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