(~s, writing, wrote, written)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you ~ something on a surface, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers on the surface.
If you’d like one, simply ~ your name and address on a postcard and send it to us...
They were still trying to teach her to read and ~...
He wrote the word ‘pride’ in huge letters on the blackboard.
VERB: V n adv/prep, V, V n
2.
If you ~ something such as a book, a poem, or a piece of music, you create it and record it on paper or perhaps on a computer.
I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days...
Finding a volunteer to ~ the computer program isn’t a problem...
Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris...
Jung Lu wrote me a poem once.
VERB: V n, V n, V n for n, V n n
3.
Someone who ~s creates books, stories, or articles, usually for publication.
Jay wanted to ~...
She ~s for many papers, including the Sunday Times...
VERB: V, V for n
4.
When you ~ to someone or ~ them a letter, you give them information, ask them something, or express your feelings in a letter. In American English, you can also ~ someone.
Many people have written to me on this subject...
She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier...
I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened...
Why didn’t you ~, call, anything?...
He had written her in Italy but received no reply.
nothing to ~ home about: see home
VERB: V to n, V n n, V n to n, V, V n
5.
When someone ~s something such as a cheque, receipt, or prescription, they put the necessary information on it and usually sign it.
Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen...
I’ll ~ you a cheque in a moment.
VERB: V n, V n n, also V n for n
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Write out means the same as ~ .
We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque...
Get my wife to ~ you out a receipt before you leave.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P n, also V n P
6.
If you ~ to a computer or a disk, you record data on it. (COMPUTING)
You should ~-protect all disks that you do not usually need to ~ to.
VERB: V to/onto n, also V, V n to/onto n
7.
see also writing , written