write meaning and definition

WRITE verb

Definition of write (verb)

1. produce a literary work
   • "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
   • synonyms: compose, indite, pen
2. communicate or express by writing
   • "Please write to me every week"
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication
   • "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
   • synonyms: publish
4. communicate (with) in writing
   • "Write her soon, please!"
   • synonyms: drop a line
5. communicate by letter
   • "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
6. write music
   • "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
   • synonyms: compose
7. 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"
8. record data on a computer
   • "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
   • synonyms: save
9. 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"
   • synonyms: spell
10. create code, write a computer program
    • "She writes code faster than anybody else"