OVERRULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overrule mean? 

• OVERRULE (verb)
  The verb OVERRULE has 1 sense:

1. rule against

  Familiarity information: OVERRULE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERRULE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they overrule    ... he / she / it overrules   
Past simple: overruled   
Past participle: overruled   
-ing form: overruling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rule against

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

override; overrule; overthrow; overturn; reverse

Context example:

The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill

Hypernyms (to "overrule" is one way to...):

decree; rule (decide with authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her; but I was overruled, as I always am.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

However Inhibitory receptors recognize MHC class I molecules (HLA) and inhibit killing by NK cells by overruling the actions of the activating receptors.

(Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

You won’t have full control—your partner in love or business will be in the driver’s seat—so it would be best to listen to your partner’s advice and be a willing teammate, rather than try to overrule things to grab control.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)