Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overriding

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: over-rid-ing
IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of override

noun

The act or process by which something is overridden.

adj

Superior, of supreme importance in the case.

Example Sentences

"Our overriding concern is the safety of the children."
"The overriding fact of our lives, the shadow that determined everything we did or did not do or longed to do, was poverty."
"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."

Inflected Forms

overridings (plural) more overriding (comparative) most overriding (superlative)

Derived Forms

overridingly

Synonyms

paramount predominant predominate preponderant preponderating

Rhymes With

providing riding hiding deciding sliding guiding dividing residing siding presiding abiding gliding

Questions

How do you pronounce overriding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/.
What does overriding mean?: present participle and gerund of override

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