write

noun

The act or style of writing.

(computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

verb

(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

(transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

(transitive) To send written information to.

(intransitive) To be an author.

(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.

(ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to someone via writing.

To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.

(computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.

(transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.

(finance) To sell (an option or other derivative).

(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.

To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

Synonyms for write

inditev composev superscribev penn rewritev enface scribblev scrawln inscribev notatev

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