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overwrite

overw·rite

UK/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/ US/oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data

  • “overwrite that file”

Origin

From over- + write.

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