English

Pronunciation

• rīt, /raɪt/, /raIt/

  Homophones: right, rite, wright

  Rhymes: -aɪt

Transitive verb

to write (present participle writing, past tense wrote, writ (archaic), past participle written, writ (archaic))

1. To form (letters, words or symbols) on a surface in order to communicate.

   The pupil wrote his name on the paper.

2. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

   My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

3. (US) To send a letter to.

   Please write me when you get there.

Synonyms

• (send a letter to): write to (British)

Translations

form (letters, etc.)

be the author of

send a letter to

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is not necessarily reliable.

• Guaraní: ai (h-) (1)
• Indonesian: tulis
• Interlingua: scriber (1, 2)
• Japanese: 書く (かく, kaku)
• Arabic: كَتَبَ (kataba)
• Korean: 쓰다 (sseu-da), Hanja: 필기하다 (pil-gi-ha-da)
• Portuguese: escrever (1, 2)
• Romanica: scriber (1, 2)
• Spanish: escribir
• Welsh: ysgrifennu

Intransitive verb

to write (same inflection as transitive verb)

1. To form letters, etc., in order to communicate.

   He's being writing on the wall.

2. To be an author.

   I write for a living.

Translations

form letters, etc

be an author

Derived terms

• write in
• write-off
• write off
• write out
• writer
• write up
• write-up
• writing