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write in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. produce a literary work
    "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
    write  compose  pen  indite 
  2. write music
    "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
    compose  write 
  3. communicate (with) in writing
    "Write her soon, please!"
    write  drop a line 
  4. 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 
  5. record data on a computer
    "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
    write  save 
  6. 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 
  7. communicate or express by writing
    "Please write to me every week"
    write 
  8. communicate by letter
    "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
    write 
  9. 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 
  10. create code, write a computer program
    "She writes code faster than anybody else"
    write 
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