v.
1) ('to form letters') to ~ illegibly; legibly
2) ( A ) ('to compose and send') she wrote a letter to me; or: she wrote me a letter
3) ( C ) ('to compose') he wrote a recommendation for me; or: ( colloq. ) he wrote me a recommendation
4) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ about, of ('to describe') (to ~ about/of the war)
5) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ about ('to compose about') (she wrote a book about her experiences)
6) ( D ; intr. ) ('to be a ~r') to ~ for (she ~s for popular magazines)
7) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to request') (she wrote for a recommendation; she wrote to me for a recommendation; AE also has: she wrote me for a recommendation)
8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ to ('to compose and send a letter to') (he ~s to her every day; AE also has: he ~s her every day)
9) ( D ; tr. ) to ~ to ('to compose for') (to ~ words to a song)
10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to order, command') to ~ to + to + inf. (she wrote to me to come home)
11) ( AE ) ( H ; no passive) ('to order, command') she wrote me to come home
12) ( L ; to; may have an object in AE ) ('to inform') they wrote to us/wrote us ( AE ) that they would come home
13) ( Q ; to; may have an object in AE ) ('to inform') she wrote to us/wrote us ( AE ) where we were to meet