overriding Definition

override
verb

1. To ride over; to cross (an area) by riding.
2. To dominate or assume superiority over someone.
3. To annul something or set it aside.

Thesaurus: cancel, annul, nullify, overrule, quash, rescind, supersede, thwart, revoke.
4. To take manual control of (a normally automatically controlled operation).

noun

1. The action or process of suspending an automatic control.
2. A device, especially a manual control, that does this.

Derivative: overriding
adj

Dominant; most important.
Example: overriding considerations
Thesaurus: main, determining, major, dominant, cardinal, first, prime, overruling, ultimate; Antonym: insignificant, unimportant.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon; 1940s as noun