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write
verb
1 write
Produce a literary work.
synonyms: compose, indite, pen.
Roget 590:
write,
pen;
copy,
engross;
write out,
write out fair;
transcribe;
scribble,
scrawl,
scrabble,
scratch;
interline;
stain paper;
write down
etc.
(record)
551;
sign
etc.
(attest)
467;
enface†.
compose,
indite,
draw up,
draft,
formulate;
dictate;
inscribe,
throw on paper,
dash off;
manifold.
take up the pen,
take pen in hand;
shed ink,
spill ink,
dip one's pen in ink.
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Roget 569:
express by words
etc.
566;
write.
Roget 551:
record;
put on record,
place on record;
chronicle,
calendar,
hand down to posterity;
keep up the memory
etc.
(remember)
505;
commemorate
etc.
(celebrate)
883;
report
etc.
(inform)
527;
write,
commit to writing,
reduce to writing;
put in writing,
set down in writing,
writing in black and white;
put down,
jot down,
take down,
write down,
note down,
set down;
note,
minute,
put on paper;
take note,
make a note,
take minute,
take memorandum;
make a return.
mark
etc.
(indicate)
550;
sign
etc.
(attest)
467.
enter,
book;
post,
post up,
insert,
make an entry of;
mark off,
tick off;
register,
enroll,
inscroll†;
file
etc.
(store)
636.
burn into memory;
carve in stone.
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Dutch: neerschrijven, componeren
2 write
Communicate or express by writing.
Dutch: schrijven, schrijven, wegschrijven
3 write
Communicate (with) in writing:
— Write her soon, please!.
synonym: drop a line.
4 write
Write music.
synonym: compose.
Dutch: componeren, toonzetten
5 write
Mark or trace on a surface.
Dutch: schrijven
6 write
Record data on a computer.
synonym: save.
7 write
Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word).
synonym: spell.
Dutch: neerpennen, pennen, schrijven, spellen
8 write
Create code, write a computer program.
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