āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to write
01
āϞā§āĻāĻž
to make letters, words, or numbers on a surface, usually on a piece of paper, with a pen or pencil
Transitive: to write sth | to write sth on a paper or surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He quickly wrote the important phone number.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĢā§āύ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
1.1
āϞā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
(of a pen or pencil) to function properly or in way that is mentioned
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need a new pen; this one is n't writing smoothly.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāϞāĻŽ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ; āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āώāĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϞā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
1.2
āϞā§āĻāĻž
to know how to use a pen, pencil, etc. to mark coherent or readable words or letters
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They offer classes for adults to learn to read and write.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻ
āĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āϞā§āĻāĻž, āĻĒāϤā§āϰ āϞā§āĻāĻž
to compose a written message and send it to someone as a letter or email
Transitive: to write to sb
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm writing to ask about the job opening.
āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĨ¤
2.1
āϞā§āĻāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to put the information that is required in the appropriate places on a form
Transitive: to write sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's writing a prescription for your medication.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāώā§āϧā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻļāύ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āϞā§āĻāĻž
to produce or compose a piece of literary work or a text to be published or reproduced
Transitive: to write a literary or scholarly work
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's been practicing to write a short story.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
3.1
āϰāĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϞā§āĻāĻž
to compose a musical piece
Transitive: to write a musical piece
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They 're planning to write a symphony for the orchestra.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āϰā§āĻā§āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĢāύāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
3.2
āϞā§āĻāĻž, āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to state or declare the words or the information mentioned, especially in a book
Transitive: to write that | to write of a subject | to write about a subject
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The journalist wrote of the challenges faced by the local community.
āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
04
āϞāĻŋāĻā§āύ, āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύ
(computing) to enter data into a computer or disk
Transitive: to write data to a computer or disk
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The application crashed while trying to write data to memory.
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āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overwrite
rewrite
underwrite
write
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