English dictionary
write
nounPronunciation
/ɹaɪt/
/ɹaɪt/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- The act or style of writing.
- The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
verb
- 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 be an author.
- (with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
- (of an exam, a document, etc.) 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).
Example sentences
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
I write for a living.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
truth written on the heart