Override vs Overrode - What's the difference?
override | overrode |
To ride across or beyond something.
To ride a horse too hard.
To counteract the normal operation of something.
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(programming, object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
A royalty.
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
(override)
To ride across or beyond something.
To ride a horse too hard.
To counteract the normal operation of something.
*
(programming, object-oriented) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
A royalty.
A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
As verbs the difference between override and overrode
is that override is to ride across or beyond something while overrode is simple past of override.As a noun override
is a mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.override
English
Verb
- The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law .
- The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.
- How the cat runs is defined in the method
run()of the classCat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass calledMammal.
Usage notes
* The form overrode is sometimes used as a past participle, in place of the standard overridden.See also
* (programming) overloadNoun
(en noun)overrode
English
Verb
(head)override
English
Verb
- The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law .
- The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.
- How the cat runs is defined in the method
run()of the classCat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass calledMammal.