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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
Examples
Can you write your address on this form?
He quickly wrote the important phone number.
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 wo n't write.
I need a new pen; this one is n't writing smoothly.
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.
They offer classes for adults to learn to read and 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.
I 'm writing to ask about the job opening.
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.
She 's writing a prescription for your medication.
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.
He 's been practicing to write a short story.
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.
They 're planning to write a symphony for the orchestra.
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.
The journalist wrote of the challenges faced by the local community.
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.
The application crashed while trying to write data to memory.
Lexical Tree
overwrite
rewrite
underwrite
write
