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Hotmale Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Override
Hello,
can you, please, tell me how exactly to use the verb "override" as in this context:
"There is a £20 penalty for passengers who travel without a ticket or override."
Is it correct to say: "I overslept on the bus and overrode my bus stop"?
Thank you
can you, please, tell me how exactly to use the verb "override" as in this context:
"There is a £20 penalty for passengers who travel without a ticket or override."
Is it correct to say: "I overslept on the bus and overrode my bus stop"?
Thank you
Top answer
I have never heard "override" used in this way. You can say "ride past one's stop". "overslept" implies that you intended to sleep but slept too long.
- I have never heard "override" used in this way.
- You can say "ride past one's stop".
- "overslept" implies that you intended to sleep but slept too long.
- You can say "I fell asleep on the bus and rode past my stop".
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I have never heard "override" used in this way. You can say "ride past one's stop".
"overslept" implies that you intended to sleep but slept too long. You can say "I fell asleep on the bus and rode past my stop".
"overslept" implies that you intended to sleep but slept too long. You can say "I fell asleep on the bus and rode past my stop".
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I see, thank you, GPY.
Could you also tell me how to use "override" in the context of travelling?
Could you also tell me how to use "override" in the context of travelling?
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HotmaleCould you also tell me how to use "override" in the context of travelling?We don't use it in the context of travelling.
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Thank you for the answer, but before I posted my questions I looked "override" up in Cambridge Dictionary.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/override_4
It doesn't show clearly how it can be used in a sentence, how it collocates, etc.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/override_4
It doesn't show clearly how it can be used in a sentence, how it collocates, etc.
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HotmaleIt doesn't show clearly how it can be used in a sentence, how it collocates, etc.Other dictionaries will give you some different example phrases and sentences:
http://www.onelook.com/?w=override&ls=a
The following site will give you lots of example se
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Thank you. I will go through the list of dictionaries you gave.
Of course, I didn't consult Cambridge Dictionary alone, but also other dictionaries including Longman, Oxford and MacMillan.
Some them do not explain "override" in the travel context at all. Some mention only its meaning, e.g "ride over or across" or "travel or move over", without giving any example sentence.
Of course, I didn't consult Cambridge Dictionary alone, but also other dictionaries including Longman, Oxford and MacMillan.
Some them do not explain "override" in the travel context at all. Some mention only its meaning, e.g "ride over or across" or "travel or move over", without giving any example sentence.
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HotmaleSome them do not explain "override" in the travel context at all. Some mention only its meaning, e.g "ride over or across" or "travel or move over", without giving any example sentence.As far as I know, and as mentioned above by fivejedjon, it is not used at all in the "travel" context, in the sense that "travel" would normally be understood (e.g. trav
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Yes, I know. I just used this term because it is not about deciding against or about being more important than something else.
Thank you for your comment. I will use "ride past" from now on.
Thank you for your comment. I will use "ride past" from now on.
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I've never heard 'ride past'.
I always hear, and say, 'go past', eg I fell asleep and went past my station.
I always hear, and say, 'go past', eg I fell asleep and went past my station.
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CliveI've never heard 'ride past'.I always hear, and say, 'go past', eg I fell asleep and went past my station.Hmm, it sounds normal to me. Do you say "ride" on a bus or train at all?
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