write

Meaning

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
2. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
3. (transitive) To send written information to.
4. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
5. (ditransitive) To convey a fact to someone via writing.
6. (intransitive) To be an author.
7. (intransitive) To record data mechanically or electronically.
8. (Canada, South-Africa, transitive, usually) 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 or a pysanka egg.

Noun

1. The act or style of writing.
2. The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

Synonyms

compose

draw

inscribe

mark

scribble

paint

author

pen

🖊️

create

record

carve

indite

draw up

publish

sign

write down

spell

writing

jot

save

copy

cut

type

drop a line

register

compile

note

rewrite

make

draw a line

letter

delineate

hand over

engrave

decorate

book

📖

write up

set

scrawl

scribe

trace

enroll

print

edit

color

enter

draft

make out

file

written

Translations

écrire

✍️

escribir

✍️

schreiben

✍️

scrivere

✍️

escrever

✍️

schrijven

✍️

γράφω

escriure

✍️

verfassen

✍️

yazmak

✍️

scribere

rédiger

zeichnen

scribo

✍️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: writen

Inherited from Old English: wrītan

Cognate with Western Frisian: write

Cognate with Dutch: wrijten

Cognate with Middle Low German: wrîten

Cognate with Low German: wrieten

Cognate with German: reißen

Cognate with Norwegian: rita

Cognate with Swedish: rita

Cognate with Icelandic: rita

Cognate with German: ritzen

Cognate with Polish: ryć

Cognate with Czech: rýt

In summary

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.

Sentences

Write fast if you want to finish early .

Write a list of your demands .

She also write articles in several international and national newspapers .

People write messages on the dune with ice plant .

Only the write order needs to be consistent , thus the name " pipelined ".