Dictionary entry details
• WRITE (verb)
Meaning:
Produce a literary work
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
write; pen; indite; compose
Context examples:
She composed a poem / He wrote four novels
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
create verbally (create with or from words)
"Write" entails doing...:
spell; write (write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word))
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
adopt; dramatise; dramatize (put into dramatic form)
draft; outline (draw up an outline or sketch for something)
poetise; poetize; verse; versify (compose verses or put into verse)
author (be the author of)
annotate; footnote (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments)
cite; reference (refer to)
write out; write up (put into writing; write in complete form)
script (write a script for)
write copy (write for commercial publications)
rewrite (rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose)
draw (write a legal document or paper)
lyric (write lyrics for (a song))
write about; write of; write on (write about a particular topic)
profile (write about)
paragraph (write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher)
paragraph (write about in a paragraph)
write off (write something fluently, and without hesitation)
dash off; fling off; knock off; scratch off; toss off (write quickly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue write the movie
Also:
write out (put into writing; write in complete form)
Meaning:
Communicate or express by writing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Please write to me every week
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
write in (write to an organization)
write up (bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation)
cut; issue; make out; write out (make out and issue)
get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)
scrabble; scribble (write down quickly without much attention to detail)
jot; jot down (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of)
handwrite (write by hand)
type; typewrite (write by means of a keyboard with types)
dot (make a dot or dots)
sign; subscribe (mark with one's signature; write one's name (on))
rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)
cipher; code; cypher; encipher; encode; encrypt; inscribe; write in code (convert ordinary language into code)
apostrophise; apostrophize (use an apostrophe)
style (make consistent with certain rules of style)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence examples:
They write them the information
They write the information to them
Meaning:
Have (one's written work) issued for publication
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
publish; write
Context examples:
How many books did Georges Simenon write? / She published 25 books during her long career
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
create verbally (create with or from words)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he write his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Communicate (with) in writing
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
drop a line; write
Context example:
Write her soon, please!
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
correspond (exchange messages)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Communicate by letter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He wrote that he would be coming soon
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Write music
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
compose; write
Context example:
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
counterpoint (write in counterpoint)
set to music (write (music) for (a text))
arrange; set (adapt for performance in a different way)
score (write a musical score for)
melodise; melodize (supply a melody for)
harmonise; harmonize (write a harmony for)
instrument; instrumentate (write an instrumental score for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he write his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Mark or trace on a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context examples:
The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper / Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
delineate; describe; draw; line; trace (make a mark or lines on a surface)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
impress; print (reproduce by printing)
copy (copy down as is)
scrawl; scribble (write carelessly)
print (write as if with print; not cursive)
letter (mark letters on or mark with letters)
capitalise; capitalize (write in capital letters)
superscribe (write on the top or outside)
superscribe (write on the outside or upper part of)
cross (trace a line through or across)
calligraph (write beautifully and ornamentally)
stenograph (write in shorthand)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Record data on a computer
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
record; tape (register electronically)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
overwrite (write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
spell; write
Context example:
He spelled the word wrong in this letter
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write"):
hyphen; hyphenate (divide or connect with a hyphen)
spell out (spell fully and without abbreviating)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Create code, write a computer program
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
She writes code faster than anybody else
Hypernyms (to "write" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
