write
/ɹaɪt/
Dictionary
noun
- The act or style of writing.
- The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
"How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"
verb
- To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
"The pupil wrote his name on the paper."
- To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
"My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."
- To send written information to.
"(UK) Please write to me when you get there."
- To show (information, etc) in written form.
"The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."
- To be an author.
"I write for a living."
- (with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
"The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it."
- (of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
"I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
"truth written on the heart"
- 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).
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