American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: ['ɹoʊt]
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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
- He wrote his last novel there at the inn.
- Boyd wrote nine books.
- Seymour Hersh wrote an article entitled "The Traitor" arguing against Pollard's release.
- Stansfield co-wrote all songs with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris.
- "Speak to the hand that wrote all," said the sun.
- Erasmus wrote the Latin inscription on her tomb.
- In a letter to his mother he wrote: The Cathedral is an awful failure.
- In his pieces he wrote about relevant events, excluding the background.
- Ross also wrote a novelization of the theatrical film "House of Dark Shadows".
- For rival Fawcett Comics, he wrote stories for Superman's chief competitor Captain Marvel.