overwrite
IPA: oʊvɝrˈaɪt
noun
- (computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
verb
- (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
- (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To write too much.
- (transitive, intransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.
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Examples of "overwrite" in Sentences
- But don't overwrite the article.
- Don't overwrite original version.
- Don't overwrite existing articles.
- Just overwrite the existing image.
- But you cannot overwrite the facts.
- For example, drawing a graph will overwrite the X and Y values.
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