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   write

   /rīt/

   verb

   • 1. mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement: "he wrote his name on the paper" Similar put in writingwrite downput downput in black and whitecommit to paperjot downnotenote downmake a note ofset downtake downmark downrecordregisterloglistmake a list ofinscribesignscribblescrawlpencil
   • ▪ have the ability to mark down coherent letters or words: "he couldn't read or write"
   • ▪ fill in (a check): "he had to write a check for $800"
   • 2. compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone: "I wrote a letter to Alison" Similar correspondwrite a lettercommunicateget in touchkeep in touchkeep in contactinformal:drop someone a linedrop someone a note
   • ▪ write and send a letter to (someone): North American "Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon's death"
   • 3. compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing: "I didn't know you wrote poetry" Similar composedraftcreateinventthink updraw upformulatecompileput togetherpendash offproduce
   • ▪ compose (a musical work): "he has written a song specifically for her"
   • ▪ add or remove a character to or from (a long-running story or series).
   • ▪ describe in writing: archaic "if I could write the beauty of your eyes"
   • 4. enter (data) into an electronic or magnetic storage device, or into a particular location in a computer’s file system: "files can be read and written directly into the file system"
   • 5. underwrite (an insurance policy).

   Word Origin Old Englishwrītan ‘score, form (letters) by carving, write’, of Germanic origin; related to German reissen ‘sketch, drag’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. writable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Write is the modern day spelling of the Old English writan, meaning “to score, outline, draw the figure of.” Now it has the sense of “to set down in writing.” You can write music, a short story, or computer code. You can write a letter, or write in cursive. You can write up an account of a burglary, or write down your feelings in a journal.