Definitions for written

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written writ·ten

Spelling: [rit-n]

IPA: /ˈrɪt n/

Written is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in written (einrttw).

Definitions for written

verb

1. a past participle of write.

adjective

1. expressed in writing (distinguished from spoken).

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 written

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 written

Among the characters to be portrayed were the people I had written about—the unsung heroes of the Selma campaign.

The Samaritan guidelines are written around the assumption that suicide is a purely irrational act, an act spurred by illness.

That matron, like most Grecian women, was ignorant of her own written language.

If it were not so, his hand would have written in reply to thy kind epistle.

It was different, he said, from any other song he had ever written.

This article is adapted from one written for Niqash by Khales Joumah and published December 24.

written years before, at the time of publication he was thirty-three.

If he had been picked up by any vessel I suppose he would have written.

Over the gate was written in large letters, 'The Entrance of Mortals.'

Michael Kazin is a historian who has written a lot about the New Left.