overwrite

Definition of Overwrite in English :

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Verb

1. overwrite

write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data

Example Sentences:
'overwrite that file'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overwrite

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verb -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

1.

to write (something) in an excessively ornate or prolix style

2.

to write too much about (someone or something)

3.

to write on top of (other writing)

4.

to record on a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk, thus destroying what was originally recorded there

Overwrite

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈwrote, ˌoverˈwritten, ˌoverˈwriting

1.

a.

to write (something) over other writing

b.

to write over (other writing)

2. Computing

to record (data) in a file, on a disk, etc. in such a way as to replace data that is already there

3.

a.

to write too much about (some subject)

b.

to write (something) in too flowery or labored a style

4.

override (sense 7)

noun

5.

override

Overwrite

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v. o·ver·wrote (-rōt), o·ver·writ·ten (-rĭtn), o·ver·writ·ing, o·ver·writes

v.tr.

1. To cover (something) with writing.

2. To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.

3. Computers

a. To destroy or lose (old data) by recording new data over it: accidentally overwrote an important document.

b. To record (new data) on top of already stored data, thus destroying the old data: overwrote an updated document on top of an earlier draft.

v.intr.

To write artificial, excessively elaborate, or wordy prose.

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