different between override vs oversteer

English

Etymology

From Middle English overriden, from Old English oferr?dan, equivalent to over- +? ride. Cognate with Dutch overrijden, German überreiten, Danish override.

Pronunciation 1

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.v???a?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o?.v????a?d/

Verb

override (third-person singular simple present overrides, present participle overriding, simple past overrode, past participle overridden)

1. To ride across or beyond something.
2. To ride a horse too hard.
3. To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.

   The Congress promptly overrode the president's veto, passing the bill into law.

   • The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.

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5. (object-oriented programming) To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.

   How the cat runs is defined in the method run() of the class Cat, which overrides the same method with the same signature of superclass called Mammal.

Usage notes

• The form overrode is sometimes used as a past participle, in place of the standard overridden.

Translations

See also

• (programming): overload

Pronunciation 2

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v???a?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v????a?d/

Noun

override (plural overrides)

1. A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
2. A royalty.
3. A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
4. (object-oriented programming) A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.

Translations

English

Etymology

over- +? steer

Noun

oversteer (plural oversteers)

1. The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.

Antonyms

• understeer

Translations

Verb

oversteer (third-person singular simple present oversteers, present participle oversteering, simple past and past participle oversteered)

1. to lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels

Antonyms

• understeer

Translations