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o·ver·write
(ō′vər-rīt′)v. o·ver·wrote (-rōt′), o·ver·writ·ten (-rĭt′n), o·ver·writ·ing, o·ver·writes
v.tr.
1. To cover (something) with writing.
2. To write about in an artificial or an excessively elaborate, wordy style.
3. Computers
a. To destroy or lose (old data) by recording new data over it: accidentally overwrote an important document.
b. To record (new data) on top of already stored data, thus destroying the old data: overwrote an updated document on top of an earlier draft.
v.intr.
To write artificial, excessively elaborate, or wordy prose.
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overwrite
(ˌəʊvəˈraɪt)vb, -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to write (something) in an excessively ornate or prolix style
2. to write too much about (someone or something)
3. to write on top of (other writing)
4. (Computer Science) to record on a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk, thus destroying what was originally recorded there
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o•ver•write
(ˌoʊ vərˈraɪt)v. -wrote, -writ•ten, -writ•ing. v.t.
1. to write in too elaborate or prolix a style.
2. to write on or over.
v.i. 3. to write too elaborately or lengthily.
[1690–1700]
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overwrite
Past participle: overwritten
Gerund: overwriting
| Imperative |
|---|
| overwrite |
| overwrite |
| Present |
|---|
| I overwrite |
| you overwrite |
| he/she/it overwrites |
| we overwrite |
| you overwrite |
| they overwrite |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I overwrote |
| you overwrote |
| he/she/it overwrote |
| we overwrote |
| you overwrote |
| they overwrote |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am overwriting |
| you are overwriting |
| he/she/it is overwriting |
| we are overwriting |
| you are overwriting |
| they are overwriting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have overwritten |
| you have overwritten |
| he/she/it has overwritten |
| we have overwritten |
| you have overwritten |
| they have overwritten |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was overwriting |
| you were overwriting |
| he/she/it was overwriting |
| we were overwriting |
| you were overwriting |
| they were overwriting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had overwritten |
| you had overwritten |
| he/she/it had overwritten |
| we had overwritten |
| you had overwritten |
| they had overwritten |
| Future |
|---|
| I will overwrite |
| you will overwrite |
| he/she/it will overwrite |
| we will overwrite |
| you will overwrite |
| they will overwrite |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have overwritten |
| you will have overwritten |
| he/she/it will have overwritten |
| we will have overwritten |
| you will have overwritten |
| they will have overwritten |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be overwriting |
| you will be overwriting |
| he/she/it will be overwriting |
| we will be overwriting |
| you will be overwriting |
| they will be overwriting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been overwriting |
| you have been overwriting |
| he/she/it has been overwriting |
| we have been overwriting |
| you have been overwriting |
| they have been overwriting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been overwriting |
| you will have been overwriting |
| he/she/it will have been overwriting |
| we will have been overwriting |
| you will have been overwriting |
| they will have been overwriting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been overwriting |
| you had been overwriting |
| he/she/it had been overwriting |
| we had been overwriting |
| you had been overwriting |
| they had been overwriting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would overwrite |
| you would overwrite |
| he/she/it would overwrite |
| we would overwrite |
| you would overwrite |
| they would overwrite |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have overwritten |
| you would have overwritten |
| he/she/it would have overwritten |
| we would have overwritten |
| you would have overwritten |
| they would have overwritten |
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Verb 1. overwrite - write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file"
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
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Translations
overwrite
[ˌəʊvəˈraɪt] (overwrote (pt)) [ˌəʊvəˈrəʊt] (overwritten (pp)) [ˌəʊvəˈrɪtn]A. VT
2. (Comput) → sobreescribir
B. VI → exagerar
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