write

Verb

• create code, write a computer program
  • She writes code faster than anybody else
    

• 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
    

• record data on a computer
  • boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
    

• 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
    

• write music
  • Beethoven composed nine symphonies
    

• communicate by letter
  • He wrote that he would be coming soon
    

• communicate (with) in writing
  • Write her soon, please!
    

• have (one's written work) issued for publication
  • How many books did Georges Simenon write?
    
  • She published 25 books during her long career
    

• communicate or express by writing
  • Please write to me every week
    

• produce a literary work
  • She composed a poem
    
  • He wrote four novels
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spell , save , compose , drop a line , publish , pen , indite