write

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

   • The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
   • Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. 2

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

   • My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
3. 3

   To compose and send written information (to).

   • Please write to me when you get there.
   • Please write me when you get there.
   • He never phones me, but he does write occasionally.
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   1. 4

      To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

      • Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.
   2. 5

      To show (information, etc) in written form.

      • The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
      • Ghana's motto, writ large on the gleaming white Independence Arch that overlooks the Atlantic in Accra, is "Freedom and Justice."
      • The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large.
   3. 6

      To be an author.

      • I write for a living.
      • I said that I did not believe anyone could write any way except the very best he could write without destroying his talent.
   4. 7

      To record data mechanically or electronically.

      • The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
   5. 8

      To fill in, to complete using words.

      • I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
      • Kúnlé had failed biology and chemistry, key requirements for admission into any medical school in the country. Kúnlé’s father wanted him to write the exams again.
   6. 9

      To impress durably

      To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

      • truth written on the heart
   7. 10

      To make known by writing

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

      • Thoſe walled garriſons will I ſubdue, And write my ſelfe great Lord of Affrica: So from the Eaſt vnto the furtheſt Weſt, Shall Tamburlaine extend his puiſant arme.
      • He who writes himself Martyr by his own inscription, is like an ill painter, who by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
   8. 11

      To sell (an option or other derivative).

   9. 12

      To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.

   10. 13

       The act or style of writing.

       • The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.
   11. 14

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

       • How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
       • In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

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• synonymauthorbe the author of
• synonympenbe the author of
• synonymto postsend (a letter) to
• synonymstore
• synonymwrite
• antonymloadantonym(s) of
• antonymread
• antonymretrieve
• neighborhandwrite
• neighborauthor
• neighborcompose
• neighborcreate
• neighborcopywrite
• neighborversify