Definition of "overriding" []

• First in priority; more important than all others: Our overriding concern is the eradication of illiteracy. (adjective)

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• "Franken's side wanted a fast-track schedule because of what it called the overriding public interest in Minnesota seating a second senator."
• "The two transactions are related to limited-term overriding royalty interests for oil and gas reserves in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi."
• "The brown colour of the seaweed is due to the brown pigment fucoxanthin overriding the green pigment chlorophyll."