# override

> English word · Verb · IPA /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #16,763

## Definitions
1. To ride across or beyond something.
2. To ride over the top of something, usually forcibly.
3. To ride a horse too hard.
4. To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
5. To give commands of a higher priority to an automated system; to take manual control of an automated system
6. To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

## Etymology
From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferrīdan, equivalent to over- + ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.

## Easily confused with
- **overtime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/override-vs-overtime)
- **overrule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/override-vs-overrule)
- **oversize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/override-vs-oversize)
- **overdrive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overdrive-vs-override)
- **overridden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overridden-vs-override)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oevrride`, `overide`, `overirde`, `overrdie`, `overridde`, `overried`, `ovreride`, `ovverride`, `voerride`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/override