What does Write mean?

Definitions for Write
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Write.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. write, compose, pen, inditeverb

    produce a literary work

    "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

  2. writeverb

    communicate or express by writing

    "Please write to me every week"

  3. publish, writeverb

    have (one's written work) issued for publication

    "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

  4. write, drop a lineverb

    communicate (with) in writing

    "Write her soon, please!"

  5. writeverb

    communicate by letter

    "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

  6. compose, writeverb

    write music

    "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

  7. writeverb

    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. write, saveverb

    record data on a computer

    "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

  9. spell, writeverb

    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. writeverb

    create code, write a computer program

    "She writes code faster than anybody else"

Wiktionary

  1. writenoun

    The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

    How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?

  2. writeverb

    To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

  3. writeverb

    To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

    My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

  4. writeverb

    To send written information to.

  5. writeverb

    To show (information, etc) in written form.

    The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.

  6. writeverb

    To be an author.

    I write for a living.

  7. writeverb

    To record (data) mechanically or electronically.

    The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.

  8. writeverb

    To fill in, to complete using words.

    I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.

  9. Etymology: From writen, from writan, from wrītanan, from wrei-. Cognate with Dutch rijten, riten, German reißen, rita, ríta, ritzen.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To WRITEverb

    preterite writ or wrote; part. pass. written, writ, or wrote.

    Etymology: writan, awritan , Saxon; ad rita, Islandick; wreta, a letter, Gothick.

    I’ll write you down,
    The which shall point you forth, at every sitting,
    What you must say. William Shakespeare.

    Men’s evil manners live in brass, their virtues we write in water. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    When a man hath taken a wife, and she find no favour in his eyes, then let him write her a bill of divorcement. Deut.

    Write ye this song for you, and teach it Israel. Deut. xxxi.

    David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by Uriah. 2 Sa. xi.

    The time, the place, the manner how to meet,
    Were all in punctual order plainly writ. Dryden.

    Cain was so fully convinced that every one had a right to destroy such a criminal, that he cries out, every one that findeth me shall slay me; so plain was it writ in the hearts of all mankind. John Locke.

    When more indulgent to the writer’s ease,
    You are so good, to be so hard to please;
    No such convulsive pangs it will require
    To write —— the pretty things that you admire. George Granville.

    I chose to write the thing I durst not speak
    To her I lov’d. Matthew Prior.

  2. To Writeverb

    I have seen her rise from her bed, take forth paper, fold it, and write upon’t. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Bassanio gave his ring away
    Unto the judge that begg’d it; and his clerk,
    That took some pains in writing, he begg’d mine. William Shakespeare.

    Hearts, tongues, figures, scribes, bards, poets, cannot
    Think, speak, cast, write, sing, number
    His love to Antony. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. Addison.

    I past the melancholy flood,
    With that grim ferryman which poets write of. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    He wrote for all the Jews, concerning their freedom. 1 Esdr.

    About it, and write happy when thou’st done. William Shakespeare.

    Let it not your wonder move,
    Less your laughter that I love;
    Though I now write fifty years,
    I have had, and have my peers. Ben Jonson.

    He writes himself divina providentia, whereas other bishops only use divina permissione. John Ayliffe.

    Chaste moral writing we may learn from hence,
    Neglect of which no wit can recompence;
    The fountain which from Helicon proceeds,
    That sacred stream, should never water weeds. Edmund Waller.

    They can write up to the dignity and character of their authors. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

Wikipedia

  1. write

    Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols.

ChatGPT

  1. write

    The term "write" generally refers to the act of creating or expressing thoughts, ideas, or information using a written or printed form on a surface such as paper or a digital medium. It involves using language, symbols, or characters to convey meaning and communicate messages or stories. Writing can be done for various purposes, such as to inform, persuade, entertain, or document.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Writeverb

    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. Writeverb

    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. Writeverb

    hence, to compose or produce, as an author

  4. Writeverb

    to impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart

  5. Writeverb

    to make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively

  6. Writeverb

    to form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs

  7. Writeverb

    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. Writeverb

    to frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose

  9. Writeverb

    to compose or send letters

  10. Etymology: [OE. writen, AS. wrtan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wrtan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. rzan, Icel. rta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race tribe, lineage.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Write

    rīt, v.t. to form letters with a pen or pencil: to express in writing: to compose: to engrave: to record: to communicate by letter.—v.i. to perform the act of writing: to be employed as a clerk: to compose books: to send letters: to practise the art of writing: to work as an author: to compose a letter:—pr.p. wrī′ting; pa.t. wrōte; pa.p. writ′ten.ns. Wrī′ter, one who writes: a professional scribe or clerk: an ordinary legal practitioner in Scotch country towns: an author: a petty officer in the United States navy who keeps the watch-muster and other books of the ship—usually Ship-writer:—fem. Wrī′teress (rare); Wrī′ter's-cramp (see Cramp); Wrī′tership, the office of a writer; Wrī′ting, the forming letters with a pen or pencil: that which is written: literary production; Wrī′ting-book, a book of paper for practising penmanship; Wrī′ting-case, a portable case containing materials for writing; Wrī′ting-cham′ber, a room fitted for writing: a law office; Wrī′ting-desk, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon: a portable writing-case; Wrī′ting-ink, ink suited for writing with; Wrī′ting-mas′ter, a master who teaches the art of penmanship: the yellow-bunting; Wrīting-pā′per, paper finished with a smooth surface, for writing upon; Wrī′ting-school, a school for penmanship; Wrī′ting-tā′ble, a table fitted or used for writing upon.—adj. Writ′ten, reduced to writing—opposed to Oral.—Writers to the Signet, an ancient society of solicitors in Scotland who formerly had the exclusive right to prepare all summonses and other writs pertaining to the supreme court of justice, and still have the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs, which include all charters, precepts, and writs from the sovereign or prince of Scotland.—Write down, to put down in written characters: to condemn in writing; Write off, to cancel by an entry on the opposite side of the account; Write out, to transcribe: to exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing; Write up, to put a full description of in writing: to praise something in writing above its merits. [A.S. wrítan; Ice. ríta; the original meaning being 'to scratch' (cf. the cog. Ger. reissen, to tear).]

Editors Contribution

  1. write

    To create language using words, letters, symbols and characters that have meaning.

    He did write a letter to the council expressing his gratitude for their excellent work.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 31, 2020  


  2. write

    To register data on a computer, app, software, laptop, server, network, internet, website or webpage.

    The computer memory has a read write function.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  


  3. write

    To use a crayon, pen or pencil to create language, letters, characters or symbols.

    The children love to write their name in the classroom.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 6, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WRITE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Write is ranked #85357 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Write surname appeared 219 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Write.

    58.9% or 129 total occurrences were White.
    31.9% or 70 total occurrences were Black.
    4.1% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.1% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Write' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1103

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Write' in Written Corpus Frequency: #447

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Write' in Verbs Frequency: #51

Anagrams for Write »

  1. twier

  2. twire

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Write in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Write in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Write in a Sentence

  1. Gore Vidal:

    I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.

  2. Haraldur Thorleifsson:

    I’m not able to do manual work (which in this case means typing or using a mouse) for extended periods of time without my hands starting to cramp, i can however write for an hour or two at a time. This wasn’t a problem in Twitter 1.0 since I was a senior director and my job was mostly to help teams move forward, give them strategic and tactical advice.

  3. Rebecca West:

    Just how difficult it is to write biography can be reckoned by anybody who sits down and considers just how many people know the real truth about his or her love affairs.

  4. Saquon Barkley:

    I don’t think we’re a bad team, to be honest, i know you guys are going to say what you’re going to say and write what you want to write, but that’s the NFL. There are no bad teams in the NFL.

  5. Donald Trump:

    I had the greatest electoral victory -- one of them -- in the history of our country. Tremendous success. Tens of millions of voters. And now somebody's going to write a report who never got a vote.

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