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overtype
overtype
English
Noun
overtype (uncountable)
- (computing) A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
Synonyms
Verb
overtype (third-person singular simple present overtypes, present participle overtyping, simple past and past participle overtyped)
- To type on top of something already typed.
- It produced the yen sign by overtyping "=" on a "Y".