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overwrite

Pronunciation: /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/

The English word “overwrite” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
  2. To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
  3. To write too much.
  4. To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.

noun

  1. The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.

Etymology

From over- + write.

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