Definition of 'write'

Verb

1. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
      Synonyms: compose pen indite
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"
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"

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