adjective
Etymology: from present participle of override (I)
1. : domineering , arrogant
in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known — R.L.Stevenson
2. : subordinating all others to itself : dominant , principal , primary
the overriding importance of imponderables in determining human conduct — John Russell b.1872
a further and overriding reason — Harold Koontz & Cyril O'Donnell
the overriding danger — Newsweek
the overriding problems of business in the years to come — A.L.Nickerson