Definition of WRITE

write

Meanings

Plural: write, writes, wrote

Verb

  • 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.

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

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

Antonyms

load, read, retrieve

Scrabble Score: 8

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

write is a valid Words With Friends word