Definitions for write
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To WRITEverb

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

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

   1. To express by means of letters.

   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.

   2. To engrave; to impress.

   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.

   3. To produce as an author.

   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.

   4. To tell by letter.

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

2. To Writeverb

   1. To perform the act of writing.

   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.

   2. To play the authour.

   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.

   3. To tell in books.

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

   4. To send letters.

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

   5. To call one’s self; to be entitled; to use the stile of.

   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.

   6. To compose; to form compositions.

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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  

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   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  

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   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  

Matched Categories

1. • Computing
   • Create
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Music
   • Record
   • Trace

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. Dave Reichert:

   We were pretty surprised that Ted Bundy would write to the task force, he made it very clear what his purpose was in his letter. What he wanted to do, according to his description, was to get us into the mind of a serial killer. But we knew, just by the way the letter was written and the words he used, that he was just injecting himself into the situation, trying to find out as much as he could about the case.

2. Carol McDaid:

   It gets very complicated for the average person, they're already in a [mental health] crisis, looking for help, and they don't know if they should write and complain to their state insurance commissioner, the Department of Labor, the health department. It gets very difficult.

3. Forest Service:

   Public input isn't always about the environmentalists asking the Forest Service to write more paper (environmental reviews) or cut less trees. wildland fire management.

4. Gwen Stefani:

   What happened was, the story is, that he had written the song and sent it to me on my phone. I was scared to listen to it, i was like ,‘What if I don’t like it?’ And I listened to it and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I love this.’ He said, ‘Write the rest of it.’ It was a time when I was really insecure about writing.

5. Donald Trump:

   Sloppy Steve was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with no access and no clue, whom Sloppy Steve helped write phony books.

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