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UK [ɹɑjt] US /ɹəɪt/

verb 5noun 2

Collocations

(verb.) form letters and words on paper

ADV

clearly, neatly

My teacher said my handwriting would improve if I wrote more clearly.

busily

The journalist busily wrote notes while interviewing the famous actor.

down, out

She wrote down the recipe while her grandmother explained each step carefully.

VERB + WRITE

learn to | teach sb to

PREP

She wrote her phone number on a piece of paper before leaving the coffee shop.

(verb.) produce a piece of writing

ADV

beautifully, well | badly

clearly

She writes clearly in her emails, so everyone understands exactly what she means.

extensively

She wrote extensively about climate change during her career as a journalist.

anonymously

VERB + WRITE

commission sb to

The museum commissioned her to write a guide for visitors.

inspire sb to, prompt sb to

His childhood experiences prompted him to write a book about social justice.

PREP

about

She writes about her daily experiences in a blog that many people read.

for

My brother writes for a popular travel blog that thousands of people read every month.

He wrote of his experience working as a chef in Paris for many years.

She regularly writes on topics related to environmental conservation and climate change.

Definitions

verb

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.

To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.

To compose and send written information (to).

Please write to me when you get there.

Please write me when you get there.

To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.

To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.

Do you know, one man actually wrote me he thought he could almost shave with the back of the blade, the lather "mellowed" his beard so.

noun

The act or style of writing.

The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.

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

How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?

In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — record data on a computer

save

verb — produce a literary work

verb — write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally a

spell

verb — write music

compose

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

nothing to write home about

Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.

The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.

write one's own ticket

To be empowered to choose whichever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.

Mr. DeChadenedes said that any one wishing to back the Republican candidate could write his own ticket and name his own price.

write the book

To be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.

Do I know how to play chess? I wrote the book on it!

write for the drawer

To write a work for posterity or for friends that one cannot publish except as samizdat.

It was a middle-aged intellectual crowd. Publishers who abandoned their writers, writers who wrote for the drawer, artists who had become wealthy by turning Social Realism into kit

write checks one can't cash

To make promises one cannot keep, or to make boasts that are not true.

You're acting like a frat boy, which is fun and all, but you're writing checks you can't cash.

Example Bank

The pupil wrote his name on the paper.

Wiktionary

Your son has been writing on the wall.

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My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

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The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.

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How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?

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In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

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