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write
- /ɹaɪt/
- [ɹaɪt] UK
- /ɹəɪt/ US
- [ɹəɪʔ] US
- [ɹɑjt] British, Southern, Standard
- [ɹæ̙ːt] Jamaica, Multicultural London English
- [ɹæ̙ːʔ] Jamaica, Multicultural London English
- [ɹʌɪt] Canada
- [ɹɑɪt] Australia
- [ɾʌɪt] ~ [ɾəɪt] Scotland
- [ɾaɪt] Wales
Sounds like right, rite, wright · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic ríta, rita (“to inscribe, sketch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat.
verb writes · writing · wrote · writ · written
- To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
- To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
- To compose and send written information (to). Please write to me when you get there.
- To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to. Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.
- To convey a fact to someone via writing. Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.
- To show (information, etc) in written form. The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
- To be an author. I write for a living.
- To record data mechanically or electronically. The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
- To fill in, to complete using words. I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave. truth written on the heart
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. Thoſe walled garriſons will I ſubdue, And write my ſelfe great Lord of Affrica: So from the Eaſt vnto the furtheſt Weſt, Shall Tamburlaine extend his puiſant arme.
- To sell (an option or other derivative).
- To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.
noun writes
- The act or style of writing. The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.
- The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
