overwrite

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it.
2. (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of.
3. (ambitransitive) To write too much.
4. (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose.

Noun

The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.

Synonyms

rewrite

transfer

retype

rewriting

wash off

wash out

flush out

redraft

typeover

renew

Translations

überschreiben

sobrescribir

overschrijven

sobrescrever

Überschreiben

écraser

sobregravar

çiğnemek

ezmek

fazla uzun yazmak

إكتب

üstüne yazmak

surécrire

trasferire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/

Etymology

From over- + write.