Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overwrite
Participle: overwritten
Gerund: overwriting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overwrite |
| you | overwrite |
| he;she;it | overwrites |
| we | overwrite |
| you | overwrite |
| they | overwrite |
Perfect
| I | have overwritten |
| you | have overwritten |
| he;she;it | has overwritten |
| we | have overwritten |
| you | have overwritten |
| they | have overwritten |
Past
| I | overwrote |
| you | overwrote |
| he;she;it | overwrote |
| we | overwrote |
| you | overwrote |
| they | overwrote |
Pluperfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overwrite |
| you | overwrite |
| he;she;it | overwrite |
| we | overwrite |
| you | overwrite |
| they | overwrite |
Perfect
| I | have overwritten |
| you | have overwritten |
| he;she;it | have overwritten |
| we | have overwritten |
| you | have overwritten |
| they | have overwritten |
Imperfect
| I | overwrote |
| you | overwrote |
| he;she;it | overwrote |
| we | overwrote |
| you | overwrote |
| they | overwrote |
Pluperfect
| I | had overwritten |
| you | had overwritten |
| he;she;it | had overwritten |
| we | had overwritten |
| you | had overwritten |
| they | had overwritten |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overwrite |
| you | would overwrite |
| he;she;it | would overwrite |
| we | would overwrite |
| you | would overwrite |
| they | would overwrite |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | overwrite |
| we | Let's overwrite |
| you | overwrite |
Verbs similar to 'overwrite'
over-rate,
overcite,
overdrive,
overprice,
overprime,
overprize,
overrate,
override,
overwait,
overwipe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1699, "to write over other writing," from over + write (q.v.). Of computers, it is attested from 1959. Meaning "to write too elaborately or ornately" is from 1923.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *úp
4. Proto-Indo-European *-er
5. Proto-Indo-European *upér
6. Proto-Germanic *uber
7. Old English ofer-
8. Middle English over-
9. English over-
10. English write
11. English overwrite
12. From over- + write.
Sample Sentences
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I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
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Many trainees consider that by increasing the length of the piece they will construct a good feature. This is often not the case and overwriting can lead to vague and muddled features that confuse the reader and ultimately lose their interest. [2013, Richard Rudin, Trevor Ibbotson, Introduction to Journalism:]
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The Times of course has to pay the price of encyclopaedism by being often dreadfully overwritten, with long paragraphs connected by motley conjunctions. [1954, Edwin H. Ford, Edwin Emery, Highlights in the History of the American Press: A Book of Readings, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 367:]
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He overwrites constantly, but his detailed and understated one-paragraph description of Monroe's apartment in New York (pp. 216-18) injects high voltage into the de casibus tradition. [1986, David Novarr, The Lines of Life: Theories of Biography, 1880-1970, Purdue University Press, →ISBN, page 162:]
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That said, the passage just looked at anticipates rather than participates in greatness. It is too adjectival, a stylistic flaw which suggests an insistence more apparent in the ensuing lines (182-91), where one is torn between thinking that Shelley is overwriting and that he is staying close to a feverish intensity. [1989, Michael O'Neill, The human mind's imaginings: conflict and achievement in Shelley's poetry, Oxford University Press, USA:]