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write

 (rīt)
v.wrote(rōt),writ·ten(rĭt′n) alsowrit(rĭt),writ·ing,writes
v.tr.
1.
a. To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.
b. To form (letters or words) in cursive style, especially in contrast to printing by hand.
c. To spell:How do you write your name?
2.
a. To fill (an amount of space) with words or information:wrote five pages in an hour.
b. To put written information in the blank spaces of (a check, form, or similar document).
3.
a. To produce or compose (text) in a recorded form that can be read:write a poem; write a letter.
b. To express in writing; set down:write one's thoughts.
c. To communicate by writing, especially by written letter:She wrote that she was planning to visit.
d. To communicate with (someone) by writing, especially by letter:wrote me to tell me she had moved again.
4. To compose (a musical work).
5.
a. To underwrite, as an insurance policy.
b. To compose in legal form; draft:write a will.
6. To indicate; mark:"Utter dejection was written on every face"(Winston S. Churchill).
7. To ordain or prophesy:It was written that the empire would fall.
8.Computers To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.
v.intr.
1. To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface:people who cannot read or write.
2. To produce written material, such as articles or books:She wrote for most of her adult life.
3. To compose a letter, email, or other written communication:Please write while you are away.
Phrasal Verbs:
write down
1. To set down in writing.
2.Accounting To record a reduced value for (an asset):forced to write down a security after a fall in its market value.
3.Accounting To record (a loss) by reducing the value of an asset:wrote down $10 million in bad debt.
4. To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style:felt he had to write down to his students.
5. To disparage in writing:a film that was written down in the magazine.
write in
1. To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).
2. To insert in a text or document:wrote in an apology at the end of the note.
3. To communicate with an organization by mail:write in with a completed entry form.
write off
1.Accounting To record (a worthless asset) as a loss.
2.Accounting To record (a loss or expense) as a reduction in earnings or in the value of an asset:wrote off business expenses when calculating taxable income.
3. To consider as a loss or failure:wrote off the rainy first day of the vacation.
4. To disregard as inconsequential:wrote off the singer as a novelty act.
write out
1. To express or compose in writing:write out a request.
2. To write in full or expanded form:All abbreviations are to be written out.
write up
1. To write a report or description of, as for publication.
2.Accounting To record an increased value for (an asset).
3. To report (someone) in writing, as for breaking the law:wrote him up for speeding.
4. To bring (a journal, for example) up to date.
Idioms:
write (one's) own ticket
To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes:an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket.
write the book on
To be the preeminent practitioner of or expert in (something).
writ large
Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree:"The man was no more than the boy writ large"(George Eliot).
[Middle Englishwriten, from Old Englishwrītan.]
Word History: Every modern Indo-European language of Western Europe except English derives its verb for "to write" from Latinscrībere: Frenchécrire, Spanishescribir, Portugueseescrever, Catalanescriure, Italianscrivere, Irishscríobh, Scottish Gaelicsgrìobh, Welshysgrifennu, Bretonskriva, Icelandicskrifa, Danish and Norwegianskrive, Swedishskriva, Germanschreiben, and Dutchschrijven. The English verbwrite, however, comes from Old Englishwrītan, from the Germanic root*writ- that in turn comes from the Indo-European root*wreid- meaning "to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline." German still retains this meaning in its cognate verbreissen, "to tear." Only Old English employedwrītan to refer to writing—that is, scratching on parchment with a pen. English shows a similar contrariness in its verbread, being almost the only western European language not to derive that verb from Latinlegere.
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write down

vb (adverb)
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to set down in writing
2. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) to harm or belittle by writing about (a person) in derogatory terms
3. (Journalism & Publishing) (intr;foll by toor for) to write in a simplified way (to a supposedly less cultured readership)
4. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (tr)accounting to decrease the book value of (an asset)
n
(Accounting & Book-keeping)accounting a reduction made in the book value of an asset
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.write down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
transcribe - write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
notate - put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"
dash down,dash off - write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer"
note,take down - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
2.write down - reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
depreciate - lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

write

verb
1.To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument:
2.To form by artistic effort:
3.To be the author of (a published work or works):
phrasal verb
write down
1.To register in or as if in a book:
2.To become or make less in price or value:
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Translations
يُدَوِّنُيُدَوِّن، يُسَجِّل
zapsat
skrive ned
kirjoittaa muistiin
zapisati
skrá, skrifa niîur
書き留める
기재하다
skriva upp
เขียนลง
ghi chép

w>write down

vt sep(= make a note of) →aufschreiben;(= record, put in writing) →niederschreiben
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write

(rait) –past tensewrote (rout):past participlewritten (ˈritn) – verb
1. to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface,especially with a pen or pencil on paper.They wrote their names on a sheet of paper;The child has learned to read and write;Please write in ink. skryf يَكْتُب пиша escrever psátschreiben skriveγράφωescribir kirjutama نوشتن kirjoittaaécrire לִכתוֹב लिखना pisati (le)ír menulis skrifascrivere 書く (글자, 단어 등을) 쓰다 rašyti rakstīt menulisschrijvenskrivepisać ليكل، انشاء كول، تاليف كولescrever a scrieписать písať (na)pisati pisati skriva เขียน yazı yazmak 寫 писати لکھنا viết写
2. to compose the text of (a book, poemetc).She wrote a book on prehistoric monsters. skryf يُؤَلِّف، يَكْتُبُ كِتاباً أو قَصيدَةً съчинявам escrever psátschreiben skriveγράφω,συνθέτωescribir kirjutama نگاشتن kirjoittaaécrire לִכתוֹב, לְחַבֵּר मजमून लिखना pisati megír menulis skrifascrivere 著作する (책, 시 등을) 쓰다 rašyti sacerēt; sarakstīt mengarang; menggubahschrijvenskrivepisać تاليف كولescrever a scrieписать písať napisati pisati skriva แต่ง (หนังสือ, โคลง ฯลฯ)yazmak 編寫 писати, складати تصنیف کرنا viết sách编写
3. to compose a letter (and send it).He has written a letter to me about this matter;I'll write you a long letter about my holiday;I wrote to you last week. skryf يَكْتُبُ رِسالَةً пиша escrever napsatschreiben skriveγράφωescribir (kirja) kirjutama نوشتن؛ تحریر کردن kirjoittaaécrire לִכתוֹב पत्र लिखना और भेजना pisati, sastaviti (meg)ír menulis skrifascrivere 手紙を書く (편지 등을) 쓰다 parašyti uzrakstīt; aizrakstīt menulis suratschrijvenskrivenapisać ليكلescrever a scrie, a compuneнаписать napísať (na)pisati pisati skriva เขียนจดหมายyazmak 寫信 написати خط لکھ کر بھیجنا viết thư写信
ˈwriter noun
a person who writes,especially for a living.Dickens was a famous English writer;the writer of this letter. skrywer, outeur كاتِب писател escritor spisovatel, -ka; pisatel, -ka der/die Schriftsteller(in), der/die Schreiber(in) forfatterσυγγραφέας,συντάκτηςescritor kirjanik, kirjutaja نویسنده؛ مولف kirjailija écrivain/-aineסופר, כותב लेखक pisac író penulis rithöfundurscrittore,scrittrice 作家 작가 rašytojas rakstnieks; autors penulis; pengarangschrijverforfatter,skribentpisarz ليكوال، موْ لف: ليكونكى escritor scriitorписатель;автор spisovateľ, -ka; pisateľ, -ka pisec književnik författare, skribent ผู้เขียนyazar 作家 письменник; автор لکھنے والا tác giả作家
ˈwriting noun
letters or other forms of script giving the written form of (a) language.the Chinese form of writing;I can't read your writing. skryfvorm, skrif كِتابَه писане manuscrito / obra písmo die Schrift skrift; håndskriftγραφή,γράψιμοescritura (käe)kiri دستخط kirjoitusécritureכתיבה लेखन pisanje írás tulisan skriftscrittura 書体 쓰기, 저술 rašymas, raštas raksts; rakstība tulisanschriftskriftpismo ليكنه، ليك، دلاس ليك، مشق: ليكوالي، تاليف، ليكلى سند escrita scris; scriere письменность;почерк písmo pisava rukopis skrift, handstil การเขียนyazı 書寫，筆跡 писемність; письмо تحریر chữ viết 书写，笔体
ˈwritings noun plural
the collected books, poems, correspondenceetc of a particular (usually famous) person.the writings of Plato. geskrifte كِتابات، مُؤَلَّفات трудове manuscritos / obras spisy die Schriften (pl.) værker; skrifterγραπτά, έργαescrito,obra escrita teosed آثار kirjoituksetécrits כְּתָבִים लेखन spisi, pismena vki művei tulisan skrif, (öll) ritverkscritti, opere 著作集 문학 작품, 저서 raštai, kūriniai sacerējumi; darbigeschriftenskrifter,tekster,verk pisma, dzieła ليكنه escritos scrieri сочинения spisy dela dela skrifter, verk งานเขียน yazılı yapıtlar/eserler 著作 твори تصانیف tác phẩm著作
written (ˈritn) adjective
in writing.a written message. geskrewe مَكْتوب писмен escrita písemný, psanýschriftlich skrevenγραπτόςescrito kirjalik مکتوب؛ کتبی kirjallinenécritכתוב लिखित napisan írott; írva tertulis skrifaður, skriflegurscritto 書かれた 씌어진 parašytas rakstisks; rakstveida-geschrevenskriftlig,skrift-pisemny د write ماضي او دريم حالت escrito scris письменный písomný napisan pisan skriven, skriftlig เขียนyazılı 書面的 написаний لکھا ہوا được viết书面的
ˈwriting-paper noun
paper for writing lettersetc on.writing-paper and envelopes. skryfpapier وَرَق لِكِتابَة الرَّسائِل хартия за писма papel de carta dopisní papír das Briefpapier skrivepapirχαρτί αλληλογραφίας papel de escribir,papel de carta kirjapaber کاغذ نوشتن kirjepaperipapier à lettres נְייָר כְּתִיבָה लिखने का कागज papir za pisanje levélpapír kertas tulis bréfsefnicarta da lettere 便せん 필기 용지 rašomasis/laiškinis popierius rakstāmpapīrs; vēstuļu papīrs kertas tulis schrijfpapierbrevpapirpapeteria, papier do pisania کاغذpapel de carta hârtie de scris писчая,почтовая бумага listový papier pisemski papir papir za pisanje pisama skrivpapper กระดาษสำหรับเขียนจดหมาย mektup/yazı kâğıdı 信紙 письмовий папір لکھنے کا کاغذ giấy viết thư信纸
write down
to record in writing.She wrote down every word he said. neerskryf يُدَوِّن، يُسَجِّل записвам anotar / tomar nota zapsataufschreiben skrive nedγράφω,σημειώνωanotar,apuntar üles kirjutama نوشتن؛ یادداشت کردن kirjata ylösmettre par écrit לִכתוֹב, לִרשוֹם लिखना zapisati leír mencatat skrá, skrifa niðurannotare 書き留める 기록하다, 적다 užrašyti pierakstīt menyalin; mencatatopschrijven skrive opp/nedzapisać یاد داشت کولassentar a scrie/a nota pe hârtieзаписывать zapísať zapisati zabeležiti skriva ner จด; บันทึกkaydetmek,yazmak 記下 записувати لکھنا ghi chép记下
write out
to copy or record in writing.Write this exercise out in your neatest handwriting. uitskryf يَكْتُب، يُدَوِّن написвам copiar / escrever por extenso přepsatabschreiben skrive af; renskriveαντιγράφω,καθαρογράφωtranscribir ümber kirjutama جزئیات را نوشتن؛ تحریر کردن kirjoittaatranscrire לְהַעֲתִיק, לְשַכתֵב लिखित में दर्ज करना prepisati lemásol, leír menyalin afrita, skrifa upptrascrivere 清書する 작성하다 perrašyti norakstīt; pārrakstīt menulisoverschrijvenskrive av; renskrive;skrive utprzepisać,zapisać تحریر کول copiar a copiaпереписывать predpísať prepisati prepisati skriva ut (rent) คัดลอก kopya etmek 抄寫或書寫記錄 виписувати; переписувати سب کچھ لکھ لینا chép toàn bộ 写出，抄写或书写
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write down

→يُدَوِّنُ zapsat skrive nedaufschreibenσημειώνωanotar kirjoittaa muistiinnoter zapisatiannotare 書き留める 기재하다opschrijvenskrive nedzapisaćescreverзаписывать skriva upp เขียนลงyazmak ghi chép写下
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