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write
[ rahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe:
Write your name on the board.
- to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of:
She wrote to thank us for the hospitality.
- to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing:
to write a check.
- to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.:
to write two copies of a letter.
- to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down:
to write a letter to a friend.
- to produce as author or composer:
to write a sonnet;
to write a symphony.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing.
- to cause to be apparent or unmistakable:
Honesty is written on his face.
- Computers. to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium.
- Stock Exchange. to sell (options).
- to underwrite.
verb (used without object)
- to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does:
He writes with a pen.
- to write as a profession or occupation:
She writes for the Daily Inquirer.
- to express ideas in writing:
He wrote about his trip to Borneo.
- to write a letter or letters, or communicate by letter:
Write if you get work.
- to compose or work as a writer or author.
- Computers. to transfer into a secondary storage device or output medium.
verb phrase
- to put into writing, especially in full detail:
My boss asked me to write up a report for the meeting on Monday, so I cancelled my plans and worked on it all weekend.
- to present to public notice in a written description or account.
- to document a violation, complaint, or charge against, especially in a recommendation for disciplinary action:
Is it true that you were written up by your French teacher because you set a classroom dictionary on fire?
- Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset).
- to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt.
- to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget:
to write off their bad experience.
- to amortize:
The new equipment was written off in three years.
- to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
He writes down to the public.
- to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing a full name rather than selecting an option on the ballot.
- to include in or add to a text by writing:
Do not write in corrections on the galley.
- to request something by mail:
If interested, please write in for details.
- to put into writing.
- to write in full form; state completely.
- to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing:
He's just another author who has written himself out.
write
/ ɪ /
verb
- to draw or mark (symbols, words, etc) on a surface, usually paper, with a pen, pencil, or other instrument
- to describe or record (ideas, experiences, etc) in writing
- to compose (a letter) to or correspond regularly with (a person, organization, etc)
- tr; may take a clause as object to say or communicate by letter
he wrote that he was on his way
- informal.tr to send a letter to (a person, etc)
- to write (words) in cursive as opposed to printed style
- tr to be sufficiently familiar with (a specified style, language, etc) to use it in writing
- to be the author or composer of (books, music, etc)
- tr to fill in the details for (a document, form, etc)
- tr to draw up or draft
- tr to produce by writing
he wrote ten pages
- tr to show clearly
envy was written all over his face
- tr to spell, inscribe, or entitle
- tr to ordain or prophesy
it is written
- tr to sit (an examination)
- intr to produce writing as specified
- computing to record (data) in a location in a storage device Compare read 1
- tr Compare underwrite
Derived Forms
- ˈɰٲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ɰٱ verb (used with object) miswrote miswritten miswriting
Word History and Origins
Origin of write1
Word History and Origins
Origin of write1
Idioms and Phrases
- nothing to write home about
- wrote
Example Sentences
Pico Iyer — whose written 15 books translated into 23 languages — accepted the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, which honors a writer with a substantial connection to the American West.
"The RSF's actions transcend mere criminality," he wrote in a piece shared by his organisation.
"The government is with you, and that's how we will move forward," he wrote in a post on social media.
While advocacy groups focus on acceptance and inclusion they avoid "uncomfortable truths about children like mine", Emily May, a mother of a child with autism, wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday.
"They provide heads of state and government with a good excuse to break existing schedules for urgent discussions on current problems without arousing public expectations," he wrote in his book, Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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