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downstairs
a lower or main floor or floors
chukled
laughed in quiet way
nervous
not able to relax or tense or fearful
fumbled
tried to get hold of or handeld in a calmsy way
trudge
walk slowly and with effort
nonsense
words or action that are silly or make no sense
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Elshenal
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transitive verb
1
a
: to form (characters, symbols, etc.) on a surface with an instrument (such as a pen)
b
: to form (words) by inscribing characters or symbols on a surface
c
: to spell in writing
words written alike but pronounced differently
d
: to cover, fill, or fill in by writing
2
: to set down in writing: such as
b(1)
: to be the author of : compose
(2)
: to compose in musical form
c
: to express in literary form
if I could write the beauty of your eyes—
William Shakespeare
d
: to communicate by letter
writes that they are coming
e
: to use or exhibit (a specific script, language, or literary form or style) in writing
f
: to write contracts or orders for
3
: to make a permanent impression of
4
: to communicate with in writing
we’ll write you when we get there
5
: ordain, fate
so be it, it is written—D. C. Peattie
6
: to make evident or obvious
guilt written on his face
7
: to force, effect, introduce, or remove by writing
write oneself into fame and fortune—Charles Lee
8
: to take part in or bring about (something worth recording)
9
a
: to introduce (information) into the storage device or medium of a computer
b
: to transfer (information) from the main memory of a computer to a storage or output device
intransitive verb
1
a
: to make significant characters or inscriptions
also
: to permit or be adapted to writing
b
: to form or produce written letters, words, or sentences
2
: to compose, communicate by, or send a letter
3
a
: to produce a written work
Phrases
write one’s own ticket
: to select a course of action or position entirely according to one’s wishes
writ large
: on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner
the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large—The Times Literary Supplement (London)
writ small
Synonyms
Example Sentences
children learning to read and write
I don’t have anything to write with. Could I borrow a pen?
Please write your name at the top of each sheet.
Write the number as a decimal instead of as a fraction.
She wrote “tag sale” on the sign in big letters.
The note was written in blue ink.
I mistakenly wrote her name as “Gene” instead of “Jean.”
She wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime.
She wrote an essay comparing two poems.
I’m writing an article for the school newspaper.
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Recent Examples on the Web
Some of my customers use journals as a way to track their dreams; some people write their goals.
—Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 12 Apr. 2023
The new information confirms Fox News reporting from August, when NARA acting head Debra Wall wrote a letter to Trump’s attorney alluding to the administration’s involvement.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2023
Joe writes from his home in Roxbury, Connecticut.
—Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2023
True, the New Left historian Walter LaFeber, not quite as famous as Zinn, but still an academic icon, had obviously not yet written his account of the global capitalism of Air Jordans.
—Meg Jacobs, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
Bill Hader’s directing makes ‘Barry’ one of the best series on TV Hader directs all seven episodes screened for critics, and wrote two of them.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
Radio Silence and Project X are coming off of the strong success of Scream VI, which Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directed, Project X produced, Radio Silence’s Villella executive produced and Project X’s Vanderbilt co-wrote.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
The best bear sprays need to have good range and, as of writing this, 40 feet is the best range available in a deterrent effective on all bear species.
—Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
VanderMeer’s later writing rarely puts you quite so straightforwardly on the side of the able-bodied and unmonstrous.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English wrītan to scratch, draw, inscribe; akin to Old High German rīzan to tear and perhaps to Greek rhinē file, rasp
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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The first known use of write was
before the 12th century
Dictionary Entries Near write
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verb (used with object), wrote or (Archaic) writ; writ·ten or (Archaic) writ; writ·ing.
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of: She wrote to thank us for the hospitality.
to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing: to write a check.
to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.: to write two copies of a letter.
to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down: to write a letter to a friend.
to produce as author or composer: to write a sonnet;to write a symphony.
to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing.
to cause to be apparent or unmistakable: Honesty is written on his face.
Computers. to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium.
Stock Exchange. to sell (options).
verb (used without object), wrote or (Archaic) writ; writ·ten or (Archaic) writ; writ·ing.
to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does: He writes with a pen.
to write as a profession or occupation: She writes for the Daily Inquirer.
to express ideas in writing: He wrote about his trip to Borneo.
to write a letter or letters, or communicate by letter: Write if you get work.
to compose or work as a writer or author.
Computers. to transfer into a secondary storage device or output medium.
Verb Phrases
write down,
- to set down in writing; record; note.
- to direct one’s writing to a less intelligent reader or audience: He writes down to the public.
write in,
- to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing a full name rather than selecting an option on the ballot.
- to include in or add to a text by writing: Do not write in corrections on the galley.
- to request something by mail: If interested, please write in for details.
write off,
- to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt.
- to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget: to write off their bad experience.
- to amortize: The new equipment was written off in three years.
write out,
- to put into writing.
- to write in full form; state completely.
- to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing: He’s just another author who has written himself out.
write up,
- to put into writing, especially in full detail: My boss asked me to write up a report for the meeting on Monday, so I cancelled my plans and worked on it all weekend.
- to present to public notice in a written description or account.
- to document a violation, complaint, or charge against, especially in a recommendation for disciplinary action: Is it true that you were written up by your French teacher because you set a classroom dictionary on fire?
- Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset).
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Origin of write
First recorded before 900; Middle English writen, Old English wrītan; cognate with Old Saxon wrītan “to cut, write,” German reissen “to tear, draw,” Old Norse rīta “to score, write”
OTHER WORDS FROM write
mis·write, verb (used with object), mis·wrote, mis·writ·ten, mis·writ·ing.
Words nearby write
wrist watch, wrist wrestling, wristy, writ, writable, write, write-down, write-in, write-in candidate, write-off, write one’s own ticket
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Words related to write
address, compose, create, draft, note, pen, print, record, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, sign, tell, author, autograph, chalk, commit, communicate, copy, correspond
How to use write in a sentence
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“It was ludicrous,” Troye now says, but she helped write it.
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He has been writing during unusual times, even before the pandemic spread earlier this year.
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I’ve written before about the remarkable acceleration of digital transformation that’s taken place during the pandemic.
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It is fully collapsible, lightweight and offers a bold graphic “LAUNDRY” written on the side of the bin.
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We have written time and time again about the role good goaltending plays in a successful Stanley Cup run.
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At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.
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My publisher had asked, “If you wanted to write another book, what would you want to write about?”
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You write a lot about how you were a jerk or a snob when it came to comedy or film.
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What made you want to write a memoir now about your “addiction” to film?
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And “what kind of person,” Steinberg asks, “dares to write a sequel to the Bible?”
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Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
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I’ve never had time to write home about it, for I felt that it required a dissertation in itself to do it justice.
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The other is the new theory: that the Bible is the work of many men whom God had inspired to speak or write the truth.
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Whatever you do, don’t write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he’s as sharp as a two-edged sword.
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He must write down the first two words, “Ice” and “Slippery,” the latter word under the former.
British Dictionary definitions for write
verb writes, writing, wrote or written
to draw or mark (symbols, words, etc) on a surface, usually paper, with a pen, pencil, or other instrument
to describe or record (ideas, experiences, etc) in writing
to compose (a letter) to or correspond regularly with (a person, organization, etc)
(tr; may take a clause as object) to say or communicate by letterhe wrote that he was on his way
(tr) informal, mainly US and Canadian to send a letter to (a person, etc)
to write (words) in cursive as opposed to printed style
(tr) to be sufficiently familiar with (a specified style, language, etc) to use it in writing
to be the author or composer of (books, music, etc)
(tr) to fill in the details for (a document, form, etc)
(tr) to draw up or draft
(tr) to produce by writinghe wrote ten pages
(tr) to show clearlyenvy was written all over his face
(tr) to spell, inscribe, or entitle
(tr) to ordain or prophesyit is written
(tr) to sit (an examination)
(intr) to produce writing as specified
computing to record (data) in a location in a storage deviceCompare read 1 (def. 16)
Derived forms of write
writable, adjective
Word Origin for write
Old English wrītan (originally: to scratch runes into bark); related to Old Frisian wrīta, Old Norse rīta, Old High German rīzan (German reissen to tear)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with write
In addition to the idioms beginning with write
- write down
- write in
- write off
- write one’s own ticket
- write out
- write up
also see:
- nothing to write home about
Also see underwrote.
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I consider this book to be written in a «tutorial» style.
Only the third section of this long work was written in octosyllabic couplets, and this section is known to have been written after 1170.
Measures of the children’s written language skills and phonological awareness were also taken.
The shape and shading of nodes will save us from writing controls in diagrams.
Our own analysis is not written from the point of view of a religious believer.
We use the convention that object language expressions are written in teletype and metalanguage expressions in italic.
A measure of second language writing anxiety: scale development and preliminary validation.
The present study examines expressions of identity in a corpus of multimodal texts written by four multilingual graduate student writers.
However, these hybrid aspects are clearly exceptional in the written data examined here.
As to methodology, the authors combine a macrosociological and quantitative approach (using a written survey) with ethnography (meetings of focus groups).
Reading writing orthographic knowledge and phonemic sensitivity as discussed in the context of alphabetic scripts.
Multiple regression then identified which variable(s) are more important or contr ibute more to writing scores.
In the written version, there is the tension of the «dangling» old.
Part of the point of this article is to cast that kind of reification of written forms into doubt.
Although it is written from the perspective of linguistics, it is also accessible to people in other relevant disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, and education.
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