to write

Record with pen

To write is to form letters, words, or symbols on a surface—traditionally with pen on paper, now often by typing.

The core act extends to composing text of any kind: write a novel, write code, write a check.

A writer writes; writing is what they produce.

To write someone is to send them a letter or message: Write me when you get there.

To write something off is to dismiss it or, in accounting, to remove it as a loss.

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