WRITE

Meaning of WRITE in English

verb

BAD : I'd like to apologize for not having written you before.

GOOD : I'd like to apologize for not having written to you before.

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In British English you write to a person or place (WITH to ): 'Wingate wrote to his father, asking for more money.'

In American English to is optional: 'I'll write (to) you and give you all the latest news.'

BAD : Dear ... I write to you to ask for your advice.

GOOD : Dear ... I am writing to you to ask for your advice.

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For actions which are happening at the time when they are mentioned, use the present progressive tense (NOT the present simple): 'I'm writing to tell you that I'll be coming to London next Thursday.'

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WRITE — I. ˈrīt, usu -īd.+V verb ( wrote ˈrōt, usu -ōd.+V ; also dialect writ ˈrit, usu -id.+V ; or South …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRITE — /ruyt/ , v. , wrote or ( Archaic ) writ; written or ( Archaic ) writ; writing . v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — verb ( wrote ˈrōt ; writ·ten ˈri-t ə n ; also writ ˈrit ; or dialect wrote ; writ·ing ˈrī-tiŋ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRITE — vi to compose or send letters. 2. write ·vt hence, to compose or produce, as an author. 3. write ·vt …
Webster English vocab
WRITE — [write] vb wrote ; writ.ten also writ or dial wrote ; writ.ing [ME, fr. OE writan to scratch, draw, inscribe; …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRITE — / raɪt; NAmE / verb ( wrote / rəʊt; NAmE / writ·ten / ˈrɪtn; NAmE /) LETTERS / NUMBERS 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRITE — write S1 W1 /raɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense wrote /rəʊt $ roʊt/, past participle written /ˈrɪtn/) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRITE — v. (past wrote; past part. written) 1 intr. mark paper or some other surface by means of a pen, pencil, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRITE — v. (past wrote; past part. written) 1 intr. mark paper or some other surface by means of a pen, pencil, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRITE — v. (past wrote; past part. written) 1. intr. mark paper or some other surface by means of a pen, pencil, …
Oxford English vocab
WRITE — ( writes, writing, wrote, written) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRITE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a writing desk (= that you use for writing letters etc ) ▪ Under the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRITE — up [phrasal verb] [M] - to record (something) on paper or on a computer in a complete or final form …
Cambridge English vocab
WRITE — Synonyms and related words : adapt, arrange, assemble, author, book, bring to life, build, calendar, carve, cast, catalog, catch a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRITE — v. write down write off write up writing desk
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WRITE — verb 1 form letters and words on paper ADVERB ▪ clearly , neatly ▪ Children must learn to ~ neatly. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WRITE — INDEX: 1. to write with a pen, pencil, etc 2. to write something quickly or carelessly 3. to write something …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRITE — v. 25B6; verb he wrote her name in the book : PUT IN WRITING, write down, put down, jot down, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRITE — v. 1 pen, scribble, get off, dash off; indite, inscribe, make out I was writing you a note when you …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WRITE — гл.; прош. вр. - wrote, writ; прич. прош. вр. - written, writ 1) писать; выписать write shorthand Syn : inscribe, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WRITE — write.ogg 1. raıt n шотл. почерк ( тж. hand of write) 2. raıt v (wrote, writ; written, writ) 1. 1> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WRITE — писать, написать - write access - write circuit - write current - write cycle - write down - write operation - write pulse - write signal - write winding
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WRITE — 1. raıt n шотл. почерк ( тж. hand of write) 2. raıt v (wrote, writ; written, writ) 1. 1> писать …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WRITE — гл. ; прош. вр. - wrote , writ ; прич. прош. вр. - written , writ 1) а) писать ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WRITE — гл.; прош. вр. - wrote, writ; прич. прош. вр. - written, writ 1) а) писать (чертить знаки, фиксировать информацию), выписывать, записывать - writ …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WRITE — _v. 1> писать; to write a good (legible) hand - иметь хороший (четкий) почерк; to write large (small, plain) - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WRITE — v. 1. писать; to write a good (legible) hand - иметь хороший (четкий) почерк; to write large (small, plain) - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WRITE — гл. писать - write an option - write down - write off - write out - write up
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
WRITE — 1) запись (см. тж writing, recording) || записывать 2) вводить информацию • - burst write - concurrent write - exclusive write - gather write - masked write - …
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
WRITE — - write an option - write down - write off - write off bad debts - write out - write …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
WRITE — гл.; прош. вр. - wrote, writ; прич. прош. вр. - written, writ 1) писать; выписать write shorthand Syn : inscribe, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WRITE — scrir (-tor, -tion)
English interlingue dictionary
WRITE — pagsulat;sulat;sumulat
English-Visayan vocabulary
WRITE — verb (wrote; written; also writ or dialect wrote; writing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrītan to scratch, draw, inscribe; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WRITE — (v. i.) To compose or send letters.
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or …
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by …
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a …
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — (v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by …
Английский словарь Webster
WRITE — ( v. t. ) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. t. ) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. t. ) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. t. ) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. t. ) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. i. ) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. i. ) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. i. ) To compose or send letters.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — ( v. i. ) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WRITE — v. mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WRITE — v. write one's own ticket write down write in write off write out write up automatic writing picture writing spirit …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WRITE — v. Pronunciation: ' r ī t Function: verb Inflected Form: wrote \ ' r ō t \ ; writ · …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WRITE — ■ verb ( past wrote ; past participle written ) 1》 mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WRITE — write BrE AmE raɪt (= right) ▷ writes raɪts ▷ writing ˈraɪt ɪŋ AmE ˈraɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ written ˈrɪt ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WRITE — (~s, writing, wrote, written) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WRITE — v. Function: verb to form characters or words on a surface (as of paper) usually with pen or pencil FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WRITE — I . v. a. 1. Inscribe, pen, scrawl, scribble, scratch. 2. Compose, indite, produce, frame, draw up. 3. Set down, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
WRITE — verb to form characters or words on a surface (as of paper) usually with pen or pencil learned to write …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRITE — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WRITE — See ↑ MUSIC 5, ↑ WRITE 1,3,4,5,12
Longman Activator English vocab
WRITE — 1. < chat > Unix 's simple talk command and protocol . write has been largely superseded by talk and …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

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