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to write
01
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
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Irregular
Present tense
write
3rd person singular
writes
Present participle
writing
Past simple
wrote
Past participle
written
Examples
Can you write your address on this form?
1.1
(of a pen or pencil) to function properly or in way that is mentioned
Intransitive
Examples
The marker cap was left off, and now it won't write.
1.2
to know how to use a pen, pencil, etc. to mark coherent or readable words or letters
Intransitive
Examples
I'm teaching my little brother how to write.
02
to compose a written message and send it to someone as a letter or email
Transitive: to write to sb
Intransitive
Examples
I'll miss you. Please write to me soon.
2.1
to put the information that is required in the appropriate places on a form
Transitive: to write sth
Examples
They wrote a check for the rent payment.
03
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
Examples
She wrote a screenplay for a movie.
3.1
to compose a musical piece
Transitive: to write a musical piece
Examples
He's been working hard to write a new guitar riff.
3.2
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
Examples
The historian wrote that the event marked a turning point in history.
04
(computing) to enter data into a computer or disk
Transitive: to write data to a computer or disk
Examples
The program encountered an issue while trying to write the downloaded content to the disk.
Lexical Tree
overwrite
rewrite
underwrite
write
