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overriding

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(programming)overriding - Redefining in a child class a method or function member defined in a parent class.

Not to be confused with "overloading".


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For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not following his story.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
But don't go overriding the hounds," said "Uncle" sternly.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He spoke in little, sharp, jerky outbursts, and it seemed to me that to speak at all was very painful to him, and that his will all through was overriding his inclinations.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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