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   write

   /rʌɪt/

   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 coherent letters or words: "he couldn't read or write"
   • ▪ fill in (a cheque): "he had to write a cheque for £800"
   • ▪ take (an exam or test): Canadian, South African "I wrote Prof. Weldon's Middle English exam last week"
   • 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: 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: "she wrote a bestselling novel" 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

   • W

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   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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