Overwrite

//oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt//

Synonyms for "overwrite"

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

26 translations across 20 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oorskryf verb (destroy old data)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • перазапі́сваць verb (destroy old data)
  • перазапіса́ць verb (destroy old data)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sobreescriure verb (destroy old data)

Czech

1 entries
  • přepsat verb (destroy old data)

Dutch

1 entries
  • overschrijven verb (destroy old data)

French

1 entries
  • écraser verb (destroy old data)

German

1 entries
  • überschreiben verb (destroy old data)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skrifa yfir verb (destroy old data)

Italian

1 entries
  • sovrascrivere verb (destroy old data)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 上書き verb (destroy old data)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • iwwerschreiwen verb (destroy old data)

Occitan

2 entries
  • espotir verb (destroy old data)
  • subrescriure verb (destroy old data)

Polish

2 entries
  • nadpisać verb (destroy old data)
  • nadpisywać verb (destroy old data)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sobrescrever verb (destroy old data)

Romanian

1 entries
  • suprascriere de date verb (destroy old data)

Russian

2 entries
  • перезапи́сывать verb (destroy old data)
  • перезаписа́ть verb (destroy old data)

Spanish

2 entries
  • planchar verb (destroy old data)
  • sobrescribir verb (destroy old data)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skriva över verb (destroy old data)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • перезапи́сувати verb (destroy old data)
  • перезаписа́ти verb (destroy old data)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ghi đè verb (destroy old data)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Do you want to overwrite the saved data?

Source: tatoeba (3976710)

Do you want to overwrite the previous saved data?

Source: tatoeba (12338108)

Did you overwrite my saved game?

Source: tatoeba (12338109)

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

Source: wiktionary

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