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Overwrite

//oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it. transitive

    "I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep."

  2. 2
    write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover in writing; to write over the top of. transitive
  4. 4
    To write too much. ambitransitive

    "Many trainees consider that by increasing the length of the piece they will construct a good feature. This is often not the case and overwriting can lead to vague and muddled features that confuse the reader and ultimately lose their interest."

  5. 5
    To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose. ambitransitive

    "The Times of course has to pay the price of encyclopaedism by being often dreadfully overwritten, with long paragraphs connected by motley conjunctions."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From over- + write.

Etymology 2

From over- + write.

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