Overwrite

Verb

Définitions

1.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."

2.VerbTo cover in writing; to write over the top of.

3.VerbTo write too much.

4.VerbTo write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.

5.NounThe operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.

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