write
Put down text
Write is to form letters, words, or symbols on a surface—typically with a pen, pencil, or keyboard.
The meaning extends to composing text: write a novel, write a song, write code.
To write someone is to send them a letter or message: Write me when you get there.
If something is written all over your face, your expression reveals it.
The past tense is wrote; the past participle is written.
Short argumentative prose work
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
paper · treatise · monograph · draft · outline · paragraph · introduction · conclusion
Joined handwriting style
- printTransfer text to paper
- legibleAble to be read
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- neatOrderly, or undiluted
script · stroke · pen · pencil · ink · nib · fountain · ballpoint
Account of events
- novelNew and unusual
- poemMetrical literary composition
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- lyricsWritten words for music
fiction · dialogue · characters · plot · setting · voice · style · genre
Digital written communication
- letterWritten symbol or message
- memoBrief internal message
- messageTransmitted communication
- noteShort written record
postcard · telegram · dispatch · newsletter · bulletin · circular · communique · missive
essay
Short argumentative prose work
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
manuscript · paper · treatise · monograph · draft · outline · paragraph · introduction · conclusion · argument
cursive
Joined handwriting style
neat · script · stroke · pen · pencil · ink · nib · fountain · ballpoint · stylus
story
Account of events
- novelNew and unusual
- poemMetrical literary composition
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
lyrics · fiction · dialogue · characters · plot · setting · voice · style · genre · draft
Digital written communication
note · postcard · telegram · dispatch · newsletter · bulletin · circular · communique · missive · notification
engrave
Carve designs permanently
inscribe · imprint · stamp · lettering · epitaph · epigraph · plaque · tablet · monument · memorial
script
Written words for performance
output · function · variable · string · file · parse · execute · format · log · documentation
- hobbiesknitting circles, skateboarding, model trains, collecting, birdwatching
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- W wordswater, walk, wind, wood, world
- irregular verbsbegin, began, begun, break, broke
- classroom commandssit down, stand up, raise hand, be quiet, listen
- write downRecord in text
- write offCancel as unrecoverable
- written offRegarded as worthless
- in writingRecorded in text
- written in stonePermanently established, unalterable
- creative writingOriginal literary expression
writer, writing, written, handwriting, rewrite, writes, writhe, writers, unwritten