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write  (rt)

v. wrote (rt), writ·ten (rtn) also writ (rt), writ·ing, writes

v.tr.

1.

a. To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.

b. To spell: How do you write your name?

2. To form (letters or words) in cursive style.

3. To compose and set down, especially in literary or musical form: write a poem; write a prelude.

4. To draw up in legal form; draft: write a will.

5. To fill in or cover with writing: write a check; wrote five pages in an hour.

6. To express in writing; set down: write one's thoughts.

7. To communicate by correspondence: wrote that she was planning to visit.

8. To underwrite, as an insurance policy.

9. To indicate; mark: "Utter dejection was written on every face" Winston S. Churchill.

10. To ordain or prophesy: It was written that the empire would fall.

11. Computer Science To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.

v.intr.

1. To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface.

2. To produce written material, such as articles or books.

3. To compose a letter; communicate by mail.

Phrasal Verbs:

write down

1. To set down in writing.

2. To reduce in rank, value, or price.

3. To disparage in writing.

4. To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style: felt he had to write down to his students.

write in

1. To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).

2. To insert in a text or document: wrote in an apology at the end of the note.

3. To communicate with an organization by mail: write in with a completed entry form.

write off

1. To reduce to zero the book value of (an asset that has become worthless).

2. To cancel from accounts as a loss.

3. To consider as a loss or failure: wrote off the rainy first day of the vacation.

write out

1. To express or compose in writing: write out a request.

2. To write in full or expanded form: All abbreviations are to be written out.

write up

1. To write a report or description of, as for publication.

2. To bring (a journal, for example) up to date.

3. To overstate the value of (assets).

4. To report (someone) in writing, as for breaking the law. wrote him up for speeding.

Idioms:

write (one's) own ticket

To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes: an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket.

writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" George Eliot.

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[Middle English writen, from Old English wrtan.]

Word History: Every western Indo-European language except English derives its verb for "to write" from Latin scrbere: écrire in French, escribir in Spanish, scrivere in Italian, scribaim in Old Irish, ysgrifennu in Welsh, skriva in Breton, skrifa in Old Norse, skrive in Danish and Norwegian, skriva in Swedish, schreiben in German, schrijven in Dutch. The Old English verb "to write" is wrtan, from a Germanic root *writ- that derives from an Indo-European root *wreid- meaning "to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline." German still retains this meaning in its cognate verb reissen, "to tear." Only Old English employed wrtan to refer to writing, that is, scratching on parchment with a pen. English shows a similar contrariness in its verb read, being almost the only western European language not to derive its verb for that concept from Latin legere.

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write

Verb

[writing, wrote, written]

1. to draw or mark (words, letters, or numbers) on paper or a blackboard with a pen, pencil, or chalk

2. to describe or record (something) in writing: he began to write his memoirs

3. to be an author: he still taught writing, but he didn't write

4. to write a letter to or correspond regularly with someone: don't forget to write!

5. Informal, chiefly US & Canad to write a letter to (someone): I wrote him several times

6. to say or communicate in a letter or a book: in a recent letter a friend wrote that everything costs more in Russia now

7. to fill in the details for (a cheque or document)

8. Computers to record (data) in a storage device

9. write down to record in writing: write it down if you find it too embarrassing to talk about [Old English wrītan]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	write - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" indite, pen, compose authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office" create verbally - create with or from words lyric - write lyrics for (a song) write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher paragraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper" write off - write something fluently, and without hesitation dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"
	2.	write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" write in - write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program" style - make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript" apostrophise, apostrophize - use an apostrophe rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis" sign, subscribe - mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here" type, typewrite - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please" handwrite - write by hand; "You should handwrite the note to your guests" jot, jot down - write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of scribble, scrabble - write down quickly without much attention to detail drop a line, write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" set down, write down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. make out, write out, issue, cut - make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" write up - bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?"
	3.	write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" publish create verbally - create with or from words indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
	4.	write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" drop a line write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" correspond - exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years" write - communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
	5.	write - communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" drop a line, write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
	6.	write - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" compose music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" counterpoint - write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing" set to music - write (music) for (a text) arrange, set - adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music" score - write a musical score for melodise, melodize - supply a melody for harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for
	7.	write - 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" dot - make a dot or dots trace, describe, draw, line, delineate - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand" stenograph - write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation" calligraph - write beautifully and ornamentally cross - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'" superscribe - write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope" superscribe - write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address" capitalise, capitalize - write in capital letters letter - mark letters on or mark with letters print - write as if with print; not cursive scrawl, scribble - write carelessly copy - copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over" print, impress - reproduce by printing
	8.	write - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" save computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing" overwrite - write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file"
	9.	write - 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" spell spell out - spell fully and without abbreviating; "Can you spell out your middle name instead of just giving the initial?" hyphen, hyphenate - divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"
	10.	write - create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else" create by mental act, create mentally - create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

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write

verb 1. record, copy, scribble, take down, inscribe, set down, transcribe, jot down, put in writing, commit to paper, indite, put down in black and white

2. compose, create, author, draft, pen, draw up

3. correspond, get in touch, keep in touch, write a letter, drop a line, drop a note write something off

4. (Informal) wreck, total (slang) crash, destroy, trash (slang) smash up, damage beyond repair

5. Accounting cancel, shelve, forget about, cross out, score out, give up for lost

write something or someone off disregard, ignore, dismiss, regard something or someone as finished, consider something or someone as unimportant

Translations

write [pt wrote, pp written] [raɪt, rəut, ˈrɪtn] vt, vi → escribir;

to write sb a letter → escribir una carta a algn

write away vi to write away for [+ information, goods] → pedir por escrito or carta

write down vt → escribir (= note); apuntar

write off vt [+ debt] → borrar (como incobrable);

(fig) → desechar por inútil (= smash up) [+ car] → destrozar

write out vt → escribir

write up vt → redactar

write [wrote , pt , written , pp ] [raɪt, rəut, ˈrɪtn] vt, vi → écrire [+ prescription]; rédiger;

to write sb a letter → écrire une lettre à qn

write away vi to write away for [+ information] → (écrire pour) demander [+ goods]; (écrire pour) commander

write down vt → noter (= put in writing); mettre par écrit

write off vt [+ debt] → passer aux profits et pertes [+ project]; mettre une croix sur (= depreciate); amortir (= smash up) [+ car etc] → démolir complètement

write out vt → écrire (= copy); recopier

write up vt → rédiger

write [raɪt] [wrote , pt , written , pp ] vt → schreiben [+ cheque]; ausstellen

vi → schreiben;

to write to sb → jdm schreiben

write away write vi to write away for sth → etw anfordern

write down write vt → aufschreiben

write off write vt [+ debt, project] → abschreiben (= wreck) [+ car etc] → zu Schrott fahren

vi = write away

write out write vt (= put in writing) → schreiben [+ cheque, receipt etc]; ausstellen

write up write vt [+ report etc] → schreiben

write [pt wrote, pp written] [raɪt, rəut, ˈrɪtn] vt, vi → scrivere;

to write sb a letter → scrivere una lettera a qn

write away vi to write away for [+ information] → richiedere per posta [+ goods]; ordinare per posta

write down vt → annotare (= put in writing); mettere per iscritto

write off vt [+ debt] → cancellare (= depreciate); deprezzare (= smash up) [+ car] → distruggere

write out vt → scrivere (= copy); ricopiare

write up vt → redigere

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write

v write [rait]

1 to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper They wrote their names on a sheet of paper; The child has learned to read and write; Please write in ink. skryf يَكْتُب пиша psát skrive schreiben γράφω escribir kirjutama نوشتن kirjoittaa écrire לִכתוֹב लिखना pisati (le)ír menulis skrifa scrivere 書く 쓰다 rašyti rakstīt menulis schrijven skrive pisać escrever a scrie писать písať (na)pisati pisati skriva เขียน yazı yazmak 寫 писати لکھنا viết 写

2 to compose the text of (a book, poem etc) She wrote a book on prehistoric monsters. skryf يُؤَلِّف، يَكْتُبُ كِتاباً أو قَصيدَةً съчинявам psát skrive schreiben (συγ)γράφω, συνθέτω (μουσική) escribir kirjutama نگاشتن kirjoittaa écrire לִכתוֹב, לְחַבֵּר मजमून लिखना pisati megír menulis skrifa scrivere 著作する ...을 저술하다 rašyti sacerēt; sarakstīt mengarang; menggubah schrijven skrive pisać escrever a scrie писать písať napisati pisati skriva บรรยาย yazmak 編寫 писати, складати تصنیف کرنا viết sách 编写

3 to compose a letter (and send it) He has written a letter to me about this matter; I'll write you a long letter about my holiday; I wrote to you last week. skryf يَكْتُبُ رِسالَةً пиша napsat skrive schreiben γράφω (γράμμα) escribir (kirja) kirjutama نوشتن؛ تحریر کردن kirjoittaa écrire לִכתוֹב पत्र लिखना और भेजना pisati, sastaviti (meg)ír menulis skrifa scrivere 手紙を書く (편지를) 써보내다 parašyti uzrakstīt; aizrakstīt menulis surat schrijven skrive napisać escrever a scrie, a compune написать napísať (na)pisati pisati skriva เขียน yazmak 寫信 написати خط لکھ کر بھیجنا viết thư 写信

n ˈwriter

a person who writes, especially for a living Dickens was a famous English writer; the writer of this letter. skrywer, outeur كاتِب писател spisovatel, -ka; pisatel, -ka forfatter der/die Schriftsteller(in), der/die Schreiber(in) συγγραφέας, συντάκτης escritor kirjanik, kirjutaja نویسنده؛ مولف kirjailija, kirjoittaja écrivain/-aine סוֹפֵר, כּוֹתֵב लेखक pisac író penulis rithöfundur scrittore, scrittrice 作家 작가, 저자 rašytojas rakstnieks; autors penulis; pengarang schrijver forfatter, skribent pisarz escritor scriitor писатель; автор spisovateľ, -ka; pisateľ, -ka pisec književnik författare, skribent ผู้เขียน yazar 作家 письменник; автор لکھنے والا tác giả 作家

n ˈwriting

letters or other forms of script giving the written form of (a) language the Chinese form of writing; I can't read your writing. skryfvorm, skrif كِتابَه писане písmo skrift; håndskrift die Schrift γραφή, γράψιμο escritura (käe)kiri دستخط kirjoitus écriture כְּתִיבָה लेखन pisanje írás tulisan skrift scrittura 書体 쓴 것, 글, 저작 rašymas, raštas raksts; rakstība tulisan schrift skrift pismo escrita scris; scriere письменность; почерк písmo pisava rukopis skrift, handstil การเขียน yazı 書寫，筆體 писемність; письмо تحریر chữ viết 书写，笔体

n pl ˈwritings

the collected books, poems, correspondence etc of a particular (usually famous) person the writings of Plato. geskrifte كِتابات، مُؤَلَّفات трудове spisy værker; skrifter die Schriften (pl.) γραπτά, έργα (πληθ.) escrito, obra escrita teosed آثار tuotanto écrits כְּתָבִים लेखन spisi, pismena vki művei tulisan skrif, (öll) ritverk scritti, opere 著作集 작품 raštai, kūriniai sacerējumi; darbi geschriften skrifter, tekster, verk pisma, dzieła escritos scrieri сочинения spisy dela dela skrifter, verk งานเขียน yazılı yapıtlar/eserler 著作 твори تصانیف tác phẩm 著作

adj written [ˈritn]

in writing a written message. geskrewe مَكْتوب писмен písemný, psaný skreven schriftlich γραπτός escrito kirjalik مکتوب؛ کتبی kirjallinen écrit כָּתוּב लिखित napisan írott; írva tertulis skrifaður, skriflegur scritto 書かれた 씌어진, 서면의 parašytas rakstisks; rakstveida- geschreven skriftlig, skrift-(språk) pisemny escrito scris письменный písomný napisan pisan skriven, skriftlig เขียน yazılı 書面的 написаний لکھا ہوا được viết 书面的

n ˈwriting-paper

paper for writing letters etc on writing-paper and envelopes. skryfpapier وَرَق لِكِتابَة الرَّسائِل хартия за писма dopisní papír skrivepapir das Briefpapier χαρτί αλληλογραφίας papel de escribir, papel de carta kirjapaber کاغذ نوشتن kirjoituspaperi papier à lettres נְייָר כְּתִיבָה लिखने का कागज papir za pisanje levélpapír kertas tulis bréfsefni carta da lettere 便せん 편지지, 필기 용지 rašomasis/laiškinis popierius rakstāmpapīrs; vēstuļu papīrs kertas tulis schrijfpapier brevpapir papeteria, papier do pisania papel de carta hârtie de scris писчая, почтовая бумага listový papier pisemski papir papir za pisanje pisama skrivpapper กระดาษสำหรับเขียนจดหมาย mektup/yazı kâğıdı 信紙 письмовий папір لکھنے کا کاغذ giấy viết thư 信纸

write down

to record in writing She wrote down every word he said. neerskryf يُدَوِّن، يُسَجِّل записвам zapsat skrive ned aufschreiben (κατα)γράφω, σημειώνω anotar, apuntar üles kirjutama نوشتن؛ یادداشت کردن kirjoittaa muistiin par écrit mettre לִכתוֹב, לִרשוֹם लिखना zapisati leír mencatat skrá, skrifa niður annotare 書き留める 기재하다, 적다 užrašyti pierakstīt menyalin; mencatat opschrijven skrive opp/ned zapisać assentar a scrie/a nota pe hârtie записывать zapísať zapisati zabeležiti skriva ner จด; บันทึก kaydetmek, yazmak 記下 записувати لکھنا ghi chép 记下

write out

to copy or record in writing Write this exercise out in your neatest handwriting. uitskryf يَكْتُب، يُدَوِّن написвам přepsat skrive af; renskrive abschreiben αντιγράφω, καθαρογράφω transcribir ümber kirjutama جزئیات را نوشتن؛ تحریر کردن kirjoittaa transcrire לְהַעֲתִיק, לְשַכתֵב लिखित में दर्ज करना prepisati lemásol, leír menyalin afrita, skrifa upp trascrivere 清書する 상세히 쓰다 perrašyti norakstīt; pārrakstīt menulis overschrijven skrive av; renskrive; skrive ut przepisać, zapisać copiar a copia переписывать predpísať prepisati prepisati skriva ut (rent) เขียนออกมา kopya etmek 寫出 виписувати; переписувати سب کچھ لکھ لینا chép toàn bộ 写出