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write over

write over verb: to save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.

Verb

write over (third-person singular simple present writes over, present participle writing over, simple past wrote over, past participle written over)

  1. (transitive) To save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.

Forms of write over

third-person singular presentwrites over
present participlewriting over
pastwrote over
past participlewritten over

Questions about write over

What does write over mean?
Write over means to save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.
What part of speech is write over?
Write over is a verb.
What is the past tense of write over?
The past tense of write over is wrote over.

Words near write over in the dictionary

  1. write once
  2. write once, read many
  3. write one's own ticket
  4. write oneself into a corner
  5. write out
  6. write over
  7. write the book
  8. write up
  9. write-ahead log
  10. write-ahead logging
  11. write-around

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