Overwrite

noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

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

2.verbTo destroy (older data) by recording new data over it.

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

3.verbTo cover in writing; to write over the top of.

4.verbTo write too much.

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

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