Pronunciations (13)
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/ɹaɪt/
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[ɹaɪt]
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɹəɪt/
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- US
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[ɹəɪʔ]
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- US
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[ɹɑjt]
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- British
- Southern
- Standard
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[ɹæ̙ːt]
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- Jamaica
- Multicultural-London-English
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[ɹæ̙ːʔ]
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- Jamaica
- Multicultural-London-English
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[ɹʌɪt]
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- Canada
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[ɹɑɪt]
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- Australia
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[ɾʌɪt]
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- Scotland
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[ɾəɪt]
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- Scotland
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[ɾaɪt]
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- Wales
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ɹaɪt
Verb
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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I write my name.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
Usage- Transitive
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My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
More examples (2)
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.
Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.
To compose and send written information (to).
Usage- Intransitive
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Please write to me when you get there.
Please write me when you get there.
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He never phones me, but he does write occasionally.
Thinking him somewhat inclined to be angry with her, I wrote to him in such a way as I thought would not hurt his feelings as a brother, while giving him some good advice as my junior, and remonstrating with him as in the being wrong.
To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
Usage- Ditransitive
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Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.
To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to. To convey a fact to someone via writing.
Usage- Ditransitive
- with relative clause
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Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
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.
To show (information, etc) in written form.
Usage- Transitive
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The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
Ghana's motto, writ large on the gleaming white Independence Arch that overlooks the Atlantic in Accra, is "Freedom and Justice."
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The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large.
To be an author.
Usage- Intransitive
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I write for a living.
I said that I did not believe anyone could write any way except the very best he could write without destroying his talent.
To record data mechanically or electronically.
Usage- Intransitive
- with to
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The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
To fill in, to complete using words.
Usage- Canada
- South-Africa
- Transitive
- usually
- of an exam
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I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
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Kúnlé had failed biology and chemistry, key requirements for admission into any medical school in the country. Kúnlé’s father wanted him to write the exams again.
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
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truth written on the heart
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14 For when the Gentiles which haue not the Law, doe by nature the things contained in the Law: these hauing not the Law, are a Law vnto themselues, 15 Which shew the worke of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witnesse, and their thoughts the meane while accusing, or else excusing one another:
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
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Thoſe walled garriſons will I ſubdue, And write my ſelfe great Lord of Affrica: So from the Eaſt vnto the furtheſt Weſt, Shall Tamburlaine extend his puiſant arme.
He who writes himself Martyr by his own inscription, is like an ill painter, who by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
To sell (an option or other derivative).
To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.
Noun
The act or style of writing.
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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.
The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
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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.
Verb
produce a literary work
- Broader terms
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She composed a poem
He wrote four novels
communicate or express by writing
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He wrote about his great love for his wife
contact in writing
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Write to her soon, please!
write music
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Beethoven composed nine symphonies
mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
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The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
record data on a computer
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boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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He spelled the word wrong in this letter
create code, write a computer program
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She writes code faster than anybody else