override

/ˌəʊvəˈraɪd/ verb [T] (past tense overrode, past participle overridden)

Translation

NOT ACCEPT › If someone in authority overrides a decision or order, they officially decide that it is wrong.

kaale almamak, geçersiz saymak

I don't have the power to override his decision.1185

MORE IMPORTANT › to be more important than something else

daha önemli/mühim olmak, baskın çıkmak

His desire for money seems to override anything else.1770

(Definition of override verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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