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overriding definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1830 chief, principal <an overriding concern>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Override O`ver*ride", v. t. [imp. Overrode; p. p. Overridden, Overrode, Overrid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overriding.] [AS. offer[=i]dan.] 1. To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart. --Chaucer. 2. To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto. 3. To ride beyond; to pass; to outride. [Obs.] I overrode him on the way. --Shak. 4. To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

In a particular situation, the overriding factor is the one that is the most important. My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

all-absorbing, capital, cardinal, chief, compelling, controlling, dominant, dominating, foremost, highest, leading, main, master, overruling, overwhelming, paramount, pivotal, predominant, predominating, preeminent, premier, preponderant, prevailing, primary, prime, principal, ranking, ruling, supreme, topmost, uppermost