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Meaning of 'write' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Write [ v. i.]
- To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
- To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.
- To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
- To compose or send letters.
2 . Write [ v. t.]
- To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
- To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
- Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

Meaning of 'write' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . write [ v]
Meaning (1):
- write music
Example in sentence:
  • Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Meaning (2):
- record data on a computer
Example in sentence:
  • boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Meaning (3):
- write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
Example in sentence:
  • He spelled the word wrong in this letter
Meaning (4):
- communicate or express by writing
Example in sentence:
  • He wrote about his great love for his wife
Meaning (5):
- produce a literary work
Example in sentence:
  • He wrote four novels;
  • She composed a poem
Meaning (6):
- mark or trace on a surface
Example in sentence:
  • Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet;
  • The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
Meaning (7):
- create code, write a computer program
Example in sentence:
  • She writes code faster than anybody else
Meaning (8):
- communicate (with) in writing
Example in sentence:
  • Write her soon, please!

Nearby Words:

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