write

Pronunciation: /ɹaɪt/

The English word “write” has 15 meanings listed here.

verb

To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
To compose and send written information (to).
To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.
To convey a fact to someone via writing.
To show (information, etc) in written form.
To be an author.
To record data mechanically or electronically.
To fill in, to complete using words.
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
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).
To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.

noun

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

Etymology

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”)),…

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