write

Plural: writes

Verb

Verb Forms: wrote, written, writing, writes

To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface.
produce a literary work
communicate or express by writing
- "Please write to me every week"
have (one's written work) issued for publication
- "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"
communicate (with) in writing
- "Write her soon, please!"
communicate by letter
write music
mark or trace on a surface
record data on a computer
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
create code, write a computer program
- "She writes code faster than anybody else"
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
To send written information to.
To show (information, etc) in written form.
To convey a fact to someone via writing.
To be an author.
To record data mechanically or electronically.
To fill in, to complete using words.
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
To sell (an option or other derivative).
To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.

Noun

The act or style of writing.
The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

Examples

(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
I write for a living.
Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
truth written on the heart
You must write down your score accurately after each turn in Scrabble.
Your son has been writing on the wall.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic rita (“to cut, scratch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat.

Synonyms

compose, drop a line, indite, pen, publish, save, spell, author, display, indicate, inscribe, mark, scrawl, scribble, show, sit, store, to post, write

Antonyms

load, read, retrieve

Scrabble Score: 8

write: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
write: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
write: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

write: valid Words With Friends Word