1. (verb)write, compose, pen, indite produce a literary work "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
2. (verb)write communicate or express by writing "Please write to me every week"
3. (verb)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"
4. (verb)write, drop a line communicate (with) in writing "Write her soon, please!"
5. (verb)write communicate by letter "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
6. (verb)compose, write write music "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
7. (verb)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"
8. (verb)write, save record data on a computer "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
9. (verb)spell, 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"
10. (verb)write create code, write a computer program "She writes code faster than anybody else"
Definitions of 'write'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (verb)write 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
2. (verb)write 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
3. (verb)write hence, to compose or produce, as an author
4. (verb)write to impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart
5. (verb)write to make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively
6. (verb)write to form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs
7. (verb)write 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
8. (verb)write to frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose