overriding
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
overriding
- present participle and gerund of override
Noun[edit]
overriding (plural overridings)
- The act or process by which something is overridden.
Adjective[edit]
overriding (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[edit]
Nouns 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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