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write
Third Person
overwrites
Present Participle
overwriting
Past Tense
overwrote
Past Participle
overwritten
1
to replace or erase existing data or information by writing new data or information in its place
- If you save the file again, it will overwrite the previous version.
- He accidentally overwrote the document, losing all of his changes.
- Make sure to back up your data before you overwrite the old files.
- He wanted to overwrite the file with a more recent version of the report.
- The software will automatically overwrite the outdated information with the latest data.