Definitions for write

Definitions for (verb) write

Main entry: write

Definition: communicate or express by writing

Usage: Please write to me every week


Main entry: write, save

Definition: record data on a computer

Usage: boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk


Main entry: drop a line, write

Definition: communicate (with) in writing

Usage: Write her soon, please!


Main entry: write

Definition: communicate by letter

Usage: He wrote that he would be coming soon


Main entry: write

Definition: mark or trace on a surface

Usage: The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper; Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet


Main entry: write

Definition: create code, write a computer program

Usage: She writes code faster than anybody else


Main entry: compose, write, indite, pen

Definition: produce a literary work

Usage: She composed a poem; He wrote four novels


Main entry: write, spell

Definition: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

Usage: He spelled the word wrong in this letter


Main entry: compose, write

Definition: write music

Usage: Beethoven composed nine symphonies


Main entry: publish, write

Definition: have (one's written work) issued for publication

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


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