Definitions for write

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Spelling: [rahyt]

IPA: /raɪt/

Write is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in write (eirtw).

Definitions for write

Verb phrases

1. write down, to set down in writing; record; note. to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:
2. write in, to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing his or her name on the ballot. to include in or add to a text by writing: to request something by mail:
3. write off, to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt. to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget: to amortize:
4. write out, to put into writing. to write in full form; state completely. to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing:
5. write up, to put into writing, especially in full detail: to present to public notice in a written description or account. Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset).

verb (used with object)

1. to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe:
2. to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of.
3. to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing:
4. to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.:
5. to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down:
6. to produce as author or composer:
7. to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing.
8. to cause to be apparent or unmistakable:
9. Computers. to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium.
10. Stock Exchange. to sell (options).
11. to underwrite.

verb (used without object)

1. to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does:
2. to write as a profession or occupation: Daily Inquirer.
3. to express ideas in writing.
4. to write a letter or letters, or communicate by letter:
5. to compose or work as a writer or author.
6. Computers. to write into a secondary storage device or output medium.

Origin of write

before 900; Middle English writen, Old English wrītan; cognate with Old Saxon wrītan to cut, write, German reissen to tear, draw, Old Norse rīta to score, write

Examples for write

What made you want to write a memoir now about your “addiction” to film?

And “what kind of person,” Steinberg asks, “dares to write a sequel to the Bible?”

How lucky I did not write to my father that I had broken matters off.

But did you ever stop to think what happens when you write a letter?

He can read and write as well as most gentlemen, I can tell you that.

We let the air pass through our closed teeth and we write down "S."

My publisher had asked, “If you wanted to write another book, what would you want to write about?”

You write a lot about how you were a jerk or a snob when it came to comedy or film.

The reason I write promptly is that you may not go out of the country just now.

At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.