English verb: write | |||
1. | write (creation) produce a literary work | ||
Samples | She composed a poem. He wrote four novels. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue write the movie | ||
Synonyms | compose, indite, pen | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create verbally | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | adopt, annotate, author, cite, dash off, draft, dramatise, dramatize, draw, fling off, footnote, knock off, lyric, outline, paragraph, paragraph, poetise, poetize, profile, reference, rewrite, scratch off, script, toss off, verse, versify, write about, write copy, write of, write off, write on, write out, write up | ||
Entail | spell, write | ||
Verb group | publish, write | ||
Domain category | authorship, composition, penning, writing | ||
2. | write (communication) communicate or express by writing | ||
Samples | Please write to me every week. | ||
Examples | They write them the information, They write the information to them | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | apostrophise, apostrophize, cut, get down, handwrite, issue, jot, jot down, make out, put down, rewrite, scrabble, scribble, set down, sign, style, subscribe, type, typewrite, write down, write in, write out, write up | ||
Verb group | drop a line, write | ||
3. | write (creation) have (one's written work) issued for publication | ||
Samples | How many books did Georges Simenon write?. She published 25 books during her long career. | ||
Examples | Did he write his major works over a short period of time? | ||
Synonyms | publish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create verbally | ||
Verb group | compose, indite, pen, write | ||
4. | write (communication) communicate (with) in writing | ||
Samples | Write her soon, please!. | ||
Synonyms | drop a line | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | correspond | ||
Verb group | write, write | ||
5. | write (communication) communicate by letter | ||
Samples | He wrote that he would be coming soon. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
Verb group | drop a line, write | ||
6. | write (creation) write music | ||
Samples | Beethoven composed nine symphonies. | ||
Examples | Did he write his major works over a short period of time? | ||
Synonyms | compose | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | arrange, counterpoint, harmonise, harmonize, instrument, instrumentate, melodise, melodize, score, set, set to music | ||
Domain category | music | ||
7. | write (creation) mark or trace on a surface | ||
Samples | The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper. Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | delineate, describe, draw, line, trace | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | calligraph, capitalise, capitalize, copy, cross, dot, impress, letter, print, print, scrawl, scribble, stenograph, superscribe, superscribe | ||
8. | write (communication) record data on a computer | ||
Samples | Boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk. | ||
Synonyms | save | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | record, tape | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | overwrite | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
9. | write (creation) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) | ||
Samples | He spelled the word wrong in this letter. | ||
Synonyms | spell | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hyphen, hyphenate, spell out | ||
10. | write (creation) create code, write a computer program | ||
Samples | She writes code faster than anybody else. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create by mental act, create mentally | ||