write

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

write

past (v2)

wrote

past participle (v3)

written

present participle

writing

3rd person singular

writes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

writes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

   • The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
   • Your son has been writing on the wall.

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

   • My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

3. 3.To compose and send written information (to).

   • Please write me when you get there.
   • Please write to me when you get there.
   • He never phones me, but he does write occasionally.

4. 4.To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

   • Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
   • Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.
   • Do you know, one man actually wrote me he thought he could almost shave with the back of the blade, the lather "mellowed" his beard so.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The act or style of writing.

   • The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.

2. 2.The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

   • How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
   • In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

Overall

Very common· #212

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Uncommon

Synonyms

• compose

Word family

• writer
• writing