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write

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ɹaɪt

Definitions

  1. The act or style of writing.
  2. To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes: an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket.
  3. The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
  4. To be the preeminent practitioner of or expert in (something).
  5. Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" (George Eliot).
  6. a person who writes, especially for a living. Dickens was a famous English writer; the writer of this letter. skrywer, outeur كاتِب писател escritor spisovatel, -ka; pisatel, -ka der/die Schriftsteller(in), der/die Schreiber(in) forfatter συγγραφέας, συντάκτηςescritor kirjanik, kirjutaja نویسنده؛ مولف kirjailija écrivain/-aine סופר, כותב लेखक pisac író penulis rithöfundur scrittore, scrittrice 作家 작가 rašytojas rakstnieks; autors penulis; pengarang schrijverforfatter, skribentpisarz ليكوال، موْ...
  7. letters or other forms of script giving the written form of (a) language. the Chinese form of writing; I can't read your writing. skryfvorm, skrif كِتابَه писане manuscrito / obra písmo die Schrift skrift; håndskrift γραφή, γράψιμοescritura (käe)kiri دستخط kirjoitus écritureכתיבה लेखन pisanje írás tulisan skrift scrittura 書体 쓰기, 저술 rašymas, raštas raksts; rakstība tulisan schriftskriftpismo ليكنه، ليك، دلاس ليك، مشق: ليكوالي، تاليف، ليكلى سند escrita scris; scriere письменность; почерк písmo ...
  8. the collected books, poems, correspondence etc of a particular (usually famous) person. the writings of Plato. geskrifte كِتابات، مُؤَلَّفات трудове manuscritos / obras spisy die Schriften (pl.) værker; skrifter γραπτά, έργα escrito, obra escrita teosed آثار kirjoitukset écrits כְּתָבִים लेखन spisi, pismena vki művei tulisan skrif, (öll) ritverk scritti, opere 著作集 문학 작품, 저서 raštai, kūriniai sacerējumi; darbi geschriftenskrifter, tekster, verk pisma, dzieła ليكنه escritos scrieri сочинения spi...
  9. in writing. a written message. geskrewe مَكْتوب писмен escrita písemný, psaný schriftlich skreven γραπτόςescrito kirjalik مکتوب؛ کتبی kirjallinen écritכתוב लिखित napisan írott; írva tertulis skrifaður, skriflegur scritto 書かれた 씌어진 parašytas rakstisks; rakstveida- geschrevenskriftlig, skrift-pisemny د write ماضي او دريم حالت escrito scris письменный písomný napisan pisan skriven, skriftlig เขียน yazılı 書面的 написаний لکھا ہوا được viết 书面的
  10. paper for writing letters etc on. writing-paper and envelopes. skryfpapier وَرَق لِكِتابَة الرَّسائِل хартия за писма papel de carta dopisní papír das Briefpapier skrivepapir χαρτί αλληλογραφίας papel de escribir, papel de carta kirjapaber کاغذ نوشتن kirjepaperi papier à lettres נְייָר כְּתִיבָה लिखने का कागज papir za pisanje levélpapír kertas tulis bréfsefni carta da lettere 便せん 필기 용지 rašomasis/laiškinis popierius rakstāmpapīrs; vēstuļu papīrs kertas tulis schrijfpapier brevpapirpapeteria, p...
  11. to record in writing. She wrote down every word he said. neerskryf يُدَوِّن، يُسَجِّل записвам anotar / tomar nota zapsat aufschreiben skrive ned γράφω, σημειώνωanotar, apuntar üles kirjutama نوشتن؛ یادداشت کردن kirjata ylös mettre par écrit לִכתוֹב, לִרשוֹם लिखना zapisati leír mencatat skrá, skrifa niður annotare 書き留める 기록하다, 적다 užrašyti pierakstīt menyalin; mencatat opschrijven skrive opp/ned zapisać یاد داشت کول assentar a scrie/a nota pe hârtie записывать zapísať zapisati zabeležiti skriva...
  12. to copy or record in writing. Write this exercise out in your neatest handwriting. uitskryf يَكْتُب، يُدَوِّن написвам copiar / escrever por extenso přepsat abschreiben skrive af; renskrive αντιγράφω, καθαρογράφωtranscribir ümber kirjutama جزئیات را نوشتن؛ تحریر کردن kirjoittaa transcrire לְהַעֲתִיק, לְשַכתֵב लिखित में दर्ज करना prepisati lemásol, leír menyalin afrita, skrifa upp trascrivere 清書する 작성하다 perrašyti norakstīt; pārrakstīt menulis overschrijvenskrive av; renskrive; skrive utprzepisa...

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of write.

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Equivalents

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አማርኛደረሰጻፈ
العربيةاكتبكتب
Azərbaycan diliyazmaq
Българскизаписвампиша
বাংলালেখা
བོད་སྐད།འབྲི
Catalàescriure
Cymraegysgrifennu
Danskskrive
Ελληνικάγράφω
Esperantoskribiverki
Euskaraidatzi
فارسینوشتن
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Galegoescribir
ગુજરાતીલખવું
Hausarubuta
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikākau
עבריתכתב
हिन्दीलिखना
Հայերենգրել
Bahasa Indonesiacatatmenulis
Italianoscrivere
Қазақ тіліжазу
ភាសាខ្មែរសរសេរ
ಕನ್ನಡಬರೆ
한국어쓰다적다
Кыргызчажазуу
Latinascribo
Lingálakóma
ລາວຂຽນ
Lietuviųrašyti
Latviešurakstīt
Te Reo Māorituhi
Монголбичих
मराठीलिहिणे
Bahasa Melayutulis
Maltikiteb
မြန်မာစာရေးရေး
नेपालीलेख्नु
Nederlandsschrijven
ଓଡ଼ିଆଲେଖ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਲਿਖਣਾ
Românăscrie
سنڌيلکڻ
සිංහලලියනවා
Slovenčinapísať
Slovenščinapisati
Gagana Samoatusi
Shqipshkruaj
Sesothongola
Kiswahilikuandika
தமிழ்எழுது
Тоҷикӣнавиштан
Türkmençeýazmak
Türkçeyazmak
ئۇيغۇرچەيازماق
Українськанаписатиписати
اردولکھنا
O'zbekchayozmoq
Tiếng Việtghiviết
Yorùbáko
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Examples

The pen also gives a better write than the ordinary counter pen. The ink stand cannot be stolen, for it is fastened to the counter or desk.”
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?”
“In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
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