"overwrite" meaning in English

See overwrite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈrʌɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-overwrite.wav Forms: overwrite [canonical], overwrites [third-person, singular], overwrote [past], overwritten [past, participle], overwriting [present, participle]
Etymology: over- + write Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|write}} over- + write Head templates: {{verb2|overwrite|overwrites|overwrote|overwritten|overwriting}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you overwrite your data, you destroy it by recording new data over it.
    Sense id: simple-overwrite-en-verb-a-trGVrS Categories (other): Computing
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