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write
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- pronunciation:
- raIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- write down, write off, write up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Homophone Note, Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
writes, writing, wrote, written |
definition 1: |
to form (letters, words, symbols, or characters) on a surface with a pen, pencil, typewriter, or other instrument.
Write your name at the top of the paper.- similar words:
- communicate, compose, convey, etch, express, impart, indite, inscribe, jot, letter, note, pen, pen, pencil, put down, record, relate, report, say, scrawl, scribble, script, sign, tell, type, typewrite, versify, voice
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definition 2: |
to express or record by writing.
She wrote her ideas in her journal.Her fiancé wrote that he would be returning soon.[verb + (that) + clause
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She wrote her mother that she had passed her exam.[verb + smby + (that) + clause
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- similar words:
- draft, draw up, pen, put down, take
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definition 3: |
to author or compose.
She wrote that song.- synonyms:
- author, compose, pen
- similar words:
- contribute, create, draft, originate, poeticize, produce, versify
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definition 4: |
to fill in the spaces of or cover with writing.
He wrote six pages.- synonyms:
- pen
- similar words:
- scrawl, scribble, type
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definition 5: |
to leave the evidence or signs of.
Guilt is written all over his face.- synonyms:
- display, evidence, evince, exhibit, manifest, show
- similar words:
- betray, declare, disclose, indicate, reveal, signify, uncover
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related words: |
author, ghost, jot, letter, note, report, score, script, state, tell |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
writes, writing, written, wrote |
definition 1: |
to form letters, words, symbols, or characters on a surface with a pen, pencil, typewriter, or other instrument.
These children are learning how to write.- similar words:
- contribute, etch, mark, print, record, scrawl, scribble
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definition 2: |
to create written material as a job or profession.
She writes and her husband paints.- synonyms:
- compose
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definition 3: |
to communicate by sending letters.
Write to me soon.- synonyms:
- correspond
- similar words:
- communicate
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related words: |
correspond, hack, mark, publish, report |
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phrase: |
write down, write off, write up |
The words write and right sound alike but have different meanings.
Write comes from an Old English word that means "to scratch or carve."
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