American English pronunciation
How to pronounce written
IPA transcription: ['ɹɪtən]
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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”
Adjective
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set down in writing in any of various ways
“written evidence”
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systematically collected and written down
“written laws”
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written as for a film or play or broadcast
Usage examples
- Both the play and film were written and directed by Luis Valdez.
- You can’t do that, it is written in our contract.
- All songs written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.
- All tracks written by Frank Zappa.
- The incantation was written in italics.
- The threats had been written on her stationery, which was marked with her fingerprints.
- The screenplay was written by Wilder and Brooks.
- Even so, whole books have been written to explain these notes themselves.
- Others were written by nobles or by people under their supervision, sometimes anonymously.
- All songs written by John Lee Hooker.