overwrite

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Synonyms: overwrote, override, overdrive, overripe, overbite, overrate, overprice, overprize, overwise, overwit, overwrites

Antonyms: overwrote, override, overdrive, overripe, overbite, overrate, overprice, overprize, overwise, overwit, overwrites

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Verb

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

Noun

1. {{lb|en|computing}} The operation of [[destroy]]ing older [[data]] by recording new data over it.

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