overriding

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of override

plural overridings

1. The act or process by which something is overridden.

comparative more overriding · superlative most overriding

1. Superior, of supreme importance in the case.

   Our overriding concern is the safety of the children.

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   The overriding fact of our lives, the shadow that determined everything we did or did not do or longed to do, was poverty.

   1986, Reginald Shepherd, “On Not Being White”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 50

   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.

   2022 January 12, Tom Allett, “MPs concerned at Treasury's influence on rail industry”, in RAIL, number 948, page 13