Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
2. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
3. (intransitive) To compose and send written information (to).
4. (ditransitive) To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
5. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
6. (intransitive) To be an author.
7. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
8. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.

Example Sentences

The pupil wrote his name on the paper.

Your son has been writing on the wall.

My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.

Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.

Please write to me when you get there.

Please write me when you get there.

He never phones me, but he does write occasionally.

Word Forms

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• wrote
• writ
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Use write when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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