write
produce a literary work
How often you will meet it
Rank 636 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 29,986 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- produce a literary work also: compose, pen, indite She composed a poemHe wrote four novels
- communicate or express by writing He wrote about his great love for his wife
- communicate (with) in writing also: drop a line Write her soon, please!
- write music also: compose Beethoven composed nine symphonies
- mark or trace on a surface The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paperRussian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
- record data on a computer also: save boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
write in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I’ll write to Lady Tadminster for the second day, myself.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Write down what I tell you.--Colonel Mostyn Ray, No. 17, Sussex Square.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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You might write notes or do accounts and shopping for some lazy woman.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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The mother decided to write to the woman at once and to take Dino there as soon as possible.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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To Dirty Dick the boy was the son of a man who could write a cheque for a million.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1