write

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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. 2transitive verb

   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. 3transitive verb

   Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

4. 4transitive verb

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

5. 5transitive verb

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

6. 6intransitive verb

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

7. 7intransitive verb

   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. 8intransitive verb

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

9. 9intransitive verb

   To compose or send letters.

10. 10verb

    communicate or express by writing

    "Please write to me every week"

11. 11verb

    record data on a computer

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

    Synonyms

    save
12. 12verb

    communicate (with) in writing

    "Write her soon, please!"

13. 13verb

    communicate by letter

    "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

14. 14verb

    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"

15. 15verb

    create code, write a computer program

    "She writes code faster than anybody else"

16. 16verb

    produce a literary work

    "She composed a poem"

    "He wrote four novels"

    Synonyms

    composeinditepen
17. 17verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    spell
18. 18verb

    write music

    "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

    Synonyms

    compose
19. 19verb

    have (one's written work) issued for publication

    "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"

    "She published 25 books during her long career"

    Synonyms

    publish