write

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Betekenis (Engels)

1. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
2. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
3. To send written information to.
4. To show (information, etc) in written form.
5. To convey a fact to someone via writing.
6. To be an author.
7. To record data mechanically or electronically.
8. To fill in, to complete using words.
9. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
10. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
11. To sell (an option or other derivative).
12. To paint a religious icon.

compose

drop a line

write a letter

decorate pottery

do some writing

write about

draw lines

ramp up

act

enscribe

address

literary work

make a note

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɹaɪt/

From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”). Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic rita (“to cut, scratch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat.