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overrule

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Word parts

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over- + rule

Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
overrule

Third-person singular
overrules

Past tense
overruled

Past participle
overruled

Present participle
overruling

  1. (transitive) If you overrule someone, you change a decision they made by using your superior power.
    We had planned to stop, but the boss overruled us.