Sekirov Dictionary

overwrite

UK /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/US /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 4

verb4

•
To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
•
To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
- The Times of course has to pay the price of encyclopaedism by being often dreadfully overwritten, with long paragraphs connected by motley conjunctions. — 1954
To write too much.

noun1

•
The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
- Tab to the number specifying the number of overwrites and enter a number between 1 and 9. — 2014

forms

overwrote · overwritten · overwriting · overwrites

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