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write

/ɹaɪt/

noun

Meaning

  • The act or style of writing.

  • The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

    "How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"

verb

Meaning

  • To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

    "The pupil wrote his name on the paper."

  • To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

    "My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."

  • To send written information to.

    "(UK) Please write to me when you get there."

  • To show (information, etc) in written form.

    "The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."

  • To be an author.

    "I write for a living."

  • (with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.

    "The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it."

  • (of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.

    "I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."

  • To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

    "truth written on the heart"

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

  • To sell (an option or other derivative).

Synonyms

author,
pen,
save,
store,
sit,
inscribe,
scrawl,
scribble,
post,
display,
indicate,
mark,
show