write
/rˈaɪt/
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Definitions
Verb
produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
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communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
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have (one''s written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
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communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
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communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
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write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
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mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
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record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
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create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
More General Terms
communicate
correspond
create
create by mental act
create mentally
create verbally
delineate
describe
draw
intercommunicate
line
make
record
tape
trace
More Specific Terms
adopt
annotate
apostrophise
apostrophize
arrange
author
calligraph
capitalise
capitalize
cite
copy
counterpoint
cross
cut
dash off
dot
draft
dramatise
dramatize
draw
fling off
footnote
get down
handwrite
harmonise
harmonize
hyphen
hyphenate
impress
instrument
instrumentate
issue
jot
jot down
knock off
letter
lyric
make out
melodise
melodize
outline
overwrite
paragraph
poetise
poetize
print
profile
put down
reference
rewrite
score
scrabble
scratch off
scrawl
scribble
script
set
set down
set to music
sign
spell out
stenograph
style
subscribe
superscribe
toss off
type
typewrite
verse
versify
write about
write copy
write down
write in
write of
write off
write on
write out
write up