write

verbs

produce a literary work

"She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

compose, indite, pen, write

is derived from

writer

is derived from

writing

see also

write out

communicate or express by writing

"Please write to me every week"

write

is derived from

writer

is derived from

writing

verb group

communicate (with) in writing

"Write her soon, please!"

drop a line, write

is a type of (narrower)

transmit thoughts or feelings

"He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

communicate, intercommunicate

have (one's written work) issued for publication

"How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

publish, write

is derived from

writer

communicate (with) in writing

"Write her soon, please!"

drop a line, write

is derived from

writer

communicate by letter

"He wrote that he would be coming soon"

write

is derived from

writer

verb group

communicate (with) in writing

"Write her soon, please!"

drop a line, write

is a type of (narrower)

transmit thoughts or feelings

"He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

communicate, intercommunicate

write music

"Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

compose, write

mark or trace on a surface

"The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

write

is derived from

writer

is a type of (narrower)

make a mark or lines on a surface

"draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

delineate, describe, draw, line, trace

record data on a computer

"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

save, write

write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

"He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

spell, write

create code, write a computer program

"She writes code faster than anybody else"

write

is a type of (narrower)

create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands

create by mental act, create mentally