overwrite

== English == === Etymology === From over- +‎ write. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt/ === Verb === overwrite (third-person singular simple present overwrites, present participle overwriting, simple past overwrote, past participle overwritten) (transitive, computing) To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it. (transitive) To cover in writing; to write over the top of. (ambitransitive) To write too much. (ambitransitive) To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === overwrite (plural overwrites) (computing) The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it. === Anagrams === write over