overriding
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editoverriding
- present participle and gerund of override
Noun
editoverriding (plural overridings)
- The act or process by which something is overridden.
Adjective
editoverriding (comparative more overriding, superlative most overriding)
- Superior, of supreme importance in the case.
- Our overriding concern is the safety of the children.
- 2022 January 12, Tom Allett, “MPs concerned at Treasury's influence on rail industry”, in RAIL, number 948, page 13:
- The overriding fear among the APPRG [All-Party Parliamentary Rail Group] was that the Treasury's micro-management of the rail industry would mean that it determines Great British Railway's future moves, rather than the DfT.
Collocations
editNouns often used with "overriding"
concern, principle, reason, objective, goal, purpose, importance, interest, priority
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References
edit- “overriding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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