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o·ver·rid·ing
(ō′vər-rī′dĭng)adj.
First in priority; more important than all others: Our overriding concern is the eradication of illiteracy.
o′ver·rid′ing·ly adv.
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overriding
(ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ)adj
taking precedence
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Adj. | 1. | overriding - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" |
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overriding
adjective major, chief, main, prime, predominant, leading, controlling, final, ruling, determining, primary, supreme, principal, ultimate, dominant, compelling, prevailing, cardinal, sovereign, paramount, prevalent, pivotal, top-priority, overruling, preponderant, number one Our overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education.
minor, irrelevant, petty, trivial, trifling, insignificant, negligible, unimportant, paltry, immaterial, inconsequential
minor, irrelevant, petty, trivial, trifling, insignificant, negligible, unimportant, paltry, immaterial, inconsequential
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overriding
[ˌəʊvəˈraɪdɪŋ] ADJ (gen) [need, importance, reason] → primordial; [principle] → fundamentalCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
overriding
[ˌəʊvərˈraɪdɪŋ] adj [need, importance] → primordial(e); [concern] → premier/ière before na question of overriding importance → une question d'importance primordiale
My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education → Mon premier souci est d'élever le niveau de l'enseignement public.
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overriding
adj principle → vorrangig, wichtigste(r, s); priority → vordringlich; desire → dringendste(r, s); matters of overriding importance → äußerst bedeutende Angelegenheiten; my overriding ambition is to … → mein allergrößter Ehrgeiz ist es, zu …; her overriding concern was to … → es ging ihr vor allem darum, zu …; overriding clause (Jur) → Aufhebungsklausel f
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