# write

Pronunciation: say "RYT" /ɹaɪt/

## Verb

1. To compose and be the author of a book, article, poem, song, or similar work, or to do this as a job or pastime.
   - Simple: To create a book, story, poem, song or other piece of writing.
   - _Authors who write novels often spend years on a single book._
   - _She wrote a long article about climate policy._
2. To mark letters, words, numbers, or symbols on a surface or screen; to put information down in written form.
   - Simple: To put letters, words, or numbers on paper or a screen.
   - _Always write the amount in both figures and words._
   - _She wrote the results plainly across the whiteboard._
3. To state, report, or declare something in writing ('Reporters write that the talks have stalled').
   - Simple: To say something in a piece of writing, such as a report or letter.
   - _Reporters write that the talks have stalled again._
   - _He wrote that the meeting had been moved to Friday._
4. To send written information, such as a letter or message, to someone.
   - Simple: To send a letter or message to someone.
   - _She promised to write him as soon as she arrived._
   - _They wrote the senator to demand a clear response._
5. To produce software or code by composing instructions in a programming language.
   - Simple: To make a computer program by putting together instructions in a language that computers can follow.
   - _Most of our developers write code in Python and JavaScript._
   - _The script was written in an afternoon and has run every night for five years._
6. To record data mechanically or electronically, as into memory or onto a disk.
   - Simple: To save data onto a disk or into a computer's memory.
   - _The controller writes to flash storage in fixed-size blocks._
   - _Older drives write more slowly than modern solid-state ones._
8. To sit or take an exam or test as a candidate. *(Canada, South Africa)*
   - Simple: To take a test or exam, for example at school.
   - _Most students write their final exams in the second week of June._
   - _He wrote the driving theory test twice before he finally passed._
9. To impress something durably; to imprint or engrave it onto a surface or the mind.
   - Simple: To mark something deeply so the mark lasts a long time.
   - _Long winters write themselves into the rings of every tree._
   - _Grief had written itself across her tired features._

## Noun

7. An operation that stores data, as in memory or onto a disk.
   - Simple: An action that saves data into a computer's memory or onto a disk.
   - _A single write can update thousands of records at once._
   - _The database batches writes to improve performance._

## Other meanings

- (noun) The act or experience of writing something, or the way a pen or other tool writes.
- (verb) To sell an option or other derivative contract.
- (verb) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka, a wax-decorated Easter egg.
- (verb) Of an insurer or underwriter: to take on a risk in exchange for premiums by issuing a policy or offering a type of coverage.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English writen and Old English wrītan, going back to Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ('to carve, write'), whose deeper origin is unclear. Related words include German reißen ('to tear, rip') and Icelandic rita ('to write, inscribe'), reflecting the early sense of scratching or carving marks.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/write (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).