American English pronunciation
How to pronounce writes
IPA transcription: ['ɹaɪts]
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Verb
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produce a literary work
“She composed a poem”
“He wrote four novels”
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communicate or express by writing
“Please write to me every week”
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have (one's written work) issued for publication
“How many books did Georges Simenon write?”
“She published 25 books during her long career”
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communicate (with) in writing
“Write her soon, please!”
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write music
“Beethoven composed nine symphonies”
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communicate by letter
“He wrote that he would be coming soon”
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mark or trace on a surface
“The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper”
“Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet”
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record data on a computer
“boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk”
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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
“He spelled the word wrong in this letter”
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create code, write a computer program
“She writes code faster than anybody else”
Usage examples
- It is unknown who now writes the poems.
- Giovanni Pascoli writes of Ugolino in 'Conte Ugolino', a poem from his Primi Poemetti.
- He writes a column at "The Detroit News".
- He writes articles on historical topics for newspapers, for example "Neues Deutschland".
- The author writes under a pseudonym.
- He also writes a blog on Yahoo Eurosport.
- He writes both songs and concert pieces.
- Campbell McConnell writes that the idea is "at the core of economics".
- She writes with wit, pace and style.
- Coletti writes, There was a time when I almost completely gave up writing.