Overwrite vs. Override

Difference Between Overwrite and Override
Overwrite➦
write on top of (other writing)
many names had been scratched out or overwritten
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Override➦
To ride across.
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Overwrite➦
write too elaborately or ornately
there is a tendency to overwrite their parts and fall into cliché
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Override➦
use one's authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc.)
the courts will ultimately override any objections
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Overwrite➦
(in insurance) accept more risk than the premium income limits allow.
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Override➦
interrupt the action of (an automatic device), typically in order to take manual control
you can override the cut-out by releasing the switch
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Overwrite➦
To cover (something) with writing.
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Override➦
extend over; overlap
the external rendering should not override the damp-proof membrane
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Overwrite➦
To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.
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Override➦
travel or move over
overriding by vehicles is implicated in over half the cases of footway damage
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Overwrite➦
To destroy or lose (old data) by recording new data over it
accidentally overwrote an important document.
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Override➦
a device for suspending an automatic function on a machine
the flash has to have a manual override to be useful
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Overwrite➦
To record (new data) on top of already stored data, thus destroying the old data
overwrote an updated document on top of an earlier draft.
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Override➦
an excess or increase on a budget, salary, or cost
commission overrides give established carriers an unfair advantage
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Overwrite➦
To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
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Override➦
a cancellation of a decision by exertion of authority or winning of votes
the House vote in favour of the bill was 10 votes short of the requisite majority for an override
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Overwrite➦
(transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
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Override➦
To ride beyond.
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Overwrite➦
(ambitransitive) To write too much.
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Override➦
To trample on.
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Overwrite➦
(ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
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Override➦
To ride (a horse) too hard.
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Overwrite➦
(computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
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Override➦
To prevail over; conquer
Budgetary concerns overrode all other considerations.
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Overwrite➦
write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data;
overwrite that file
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Override➦
To declare null and void; set aside
overrode the president's veto.
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Overwrite➦
To write artificial, excessively elaborate, or wordy prose.
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Override➦
To counteract the normal operation of (an automatic control).
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Override➦
To extend over; overlap.
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Override➦
A sales commission collected by an executive in addition to the commission received by a subordinate salesperson.
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Override➦
See royalty.
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Override➦
A mechanism or system used to counteract an automatic control.
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Override➦
The act or an instance of nullifying.
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Override➦
To ride across or beyond something.
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Override➦
To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
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Override➦
To ride a horse too hard.
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Override➦
To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.
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Override➦
To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
Manual controls allow the user to override the camera's default settings.
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Override➦
(object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
How the cat runs is defined in the method
run()
of the class Cat
, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass called Mammal
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Override➦
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
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Override➦
A royalty.
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Override➦
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
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(object-oriented) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
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Override➦
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
The carter overridden with [i. e., by] his cart.
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Override➦
To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; to nullify; as, one law overrides another; to override a veto.
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Override➦
To countermand; to overrule; as, a supervisor may override the decision of a subordinate.
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Override➦
To replace (one system with another); as, the pilot overrode the automatic pilot and took manual control of the airplane.
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Override➦
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
I overrode him on the way.
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Override➦
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
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Override➦
a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
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Override➦
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
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Override➦
rule against;
The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill
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Override➦
prevail over;
health considerations override financial concerns
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Override➦
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
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Override➦
ride (a horse) too hard
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