Definition

Verb: 1. To write something in full or complete form: To transcribe or compose information, thoughts, or a document in its entirety, often from notes, dictation, or memory. 2. To make out and issue a formal document: To prepare and complete a formal written instrument, such as a check, prescription, or official form, for use or issuance.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (To write in full form):

  • The student had to write out the answers to all the questions in complete sentences.
  • She wrote out her speech word for word to practice.
  • Can you write out the instructions so I don't forget them?

• Verb (To issue a formal document):

  • The doctor will write out a prescription for your medication.
  • Please write out a check for the amount due.
  • The officer wrote out a ticket for the parking violation.

Advanced Usage

• "to write something out in longhand": To write something in full using one's own handwriting, as opposed to typing or using shorthand.
  • He prefers to write out his first drafts in longhand before typing them.

Variants and Related Words

• Write-up (noun): A written account, report, or review.
  • The journalist prepared a write-up of the event.
• Write-in (noun/adjective): Relating to a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot but is written in by voters.
  • She was a write-in candidate for the local election.

Synonyms

• Transcribe: To make a written copy of spoken or recorded material.
• Draft: To write a preliminary version of a text.
• Issue: To prepare and send out or make available officially.
• Fill out: To complete a form by writing the required information (often used for forms, similar in function for documents).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Write down: To record information on paper. (Focuses on the act of recording, not necessarily on the completeness or formality of the document.)
  • I need to write down your phone number.
• Write up: To write a full or formal report or account of something.
  • The researcher will write up the findings of the experiment.

Related Idioms

• Write out of: To remove a character from a story or series by the manner of writing.
  • The actor left the show, so the writers had to write his character out of the script. (Note: This is a distinct phrasal verb, "write out of," meaning to remove by narrative means.)

Verb

1. make out and issue
   • write out a check
   • cut a ticket
   • Please make the check out to me
2. put into writing; write in complete form
   • write out a contract