WRITE
\ɹˈa͡ɪt], \ɹˈaɪt], \ɹ_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of WRITE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
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have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
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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"
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record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
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communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
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communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
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mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
By Princeton University
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write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
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have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
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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"
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record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
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communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
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communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
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mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
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To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
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To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
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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.
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To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
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To compose or send letters.
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To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; - often used reflexively.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
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To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
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To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
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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.
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To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
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To compose or send letters.
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To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; - often used reflexively.
By Noah Webster.
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To inscribe or set down with a pen or pencil; as, to write one's name; express in words on paper; engrave; produce as an author; as, to write a book.
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To form letters with the pen; to express in words on paper; compose.
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Wrote.
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Written.
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Writing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To form letters with a pen or pencil: to express in writing: to compose: to engrave: to record: to communicate by letter.
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To perform the act of writing: to be employed as a clerk: to compose books: to send letters:-pr.p. writing; pa.t. wrote; pa.p. written.
By Daniel Lyons