write
/rait/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface with a pen, pencil, or similar instrument: The core action of inscribing characters to record language.
- To compose and set down in written form to create a text, such as a book, poem, letter, or article: The act of authoring a written work.
- To communicate with someone by sending a letter or message: To correspond in writing.
- To create or compose music: To be the author of a musical piece.
- To record data or information in a permanent or semi-permanent form: This includes writing to a computer disk or memory.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- Please write your name at the top of the page.
- She plans to write a novel about her travels.
- He writes to his grandmother every week.
- The composer wrote a beautiful symphony.
- The program writes the data to a new file.
Advanced Usage
"to write something off":
- To officially cancel a debt or consider something a loss.
- The bank had to write off the loan as a bad debt.
- To dismiss someone or something as unimportant or a failure.
- The critics wrote off the team after their first loss.
"to write something down":
- To record something in writing.
- I need to write down your phone number.
- To reduce the nominal value of an asset in accounts.
- The company wrote down the value of its old inventory.
"to write back":
- To reply to a letter or message.
- I wrote back to her immediately.
"to write out":
- To write something in full or complete form.
- She wrote out the instructions step by step.
Variants and Related Words
- Writer (n): A person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job or regular activity.
- He is a famous writer of science fiction.
- Writing (n): The activity or skill of writing; written work.
- Her writing has improved significantly.
- Written (adj): Expressed in writing.
- A written agreement is more formal.
Synonyms
- Compose: To create or write (a piece of music or text).
- Record: To set down in writing or another permanent form for later reference.
- Correspond: To communicate by exchange of letters.
- Inscribe: To write or carve words on a surface.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Write up: To write a full or formal account of something.
- The journalist will write up the interview for tomorrow's paper.
- Write in: To add something in a text by writing.
- She wrote in a correction at the bottom of the page.
- To vote for a candidate not on the ballot by writing their name.
- Many voters chose to write in a candidate.
- Write off for: To send a letter requesting something.
- I wrote off for a copy of the official brochure.
Related Idioms
- Write the book on something: To be the leading expert or authority on a subject.
- When it comes to gardening, she wrote the book.
- Nothing to write home about: Not very good or exciting; mediocre.
- The food was okay, but nothing to write home about.
- The writing is on the wall: Clear signs that something, especially something bad, is going to happen.
- With falling sales, the writing was on the wall for the old factory.
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