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Most common English words: merely « struck « man's « #650: write » caught » below » windowEtymology
Old English wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *writan, possibly from rītsan, rīzan, meaning to scratch or mark. Cognate with Dutch rijten, German reißen, ritzen, Norwegian rita
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: rīt, IPA: /ɹaɪt/, SAMPA: /r\aIt/
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- Rhymes: -aɪt
- Homophones: right, rite, wright
Verb
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Infinitive to write |
Third person singular writes |
Present participle writing |
to write (third-person singular simple present writes, present participle writing, simple past wrote or (archaic) writ, past participle written or (archaic) writ)
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
- My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
- (transitive, US) To send a letter to.
- Please write me when you get there.
- (transitive) To send a letter to.
- Please write to me when you get there.
- (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
- The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
- (intransitive) To be an author.
- I write for a living.
- (transitive, computing) To record (data) mechanically or electronically.
- The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
Synonyms
- (form letters, words or symbols in order to communicate): inscribe, scrawl (indistinctly), scribble (quickly or imprecisely)
- (be the author of): author, pen
- (send a letter to): write to (UK)
- (show (information, etc) in written form):: display, indicate, mark, show
- (computing: store (data)): save, store
- See also Wikisaurus:write
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- write in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- write in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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