write

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”). Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic rita (“to cut, scratch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat. === Pronunciation === enPR: rīt, IPA(key): /ɹaɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ɹaɪt] (US) IPA(key): /ɹəɪt/, [ɹəɪʔ] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [ɹɑjt] (MLE, Jamaica) IPA(key): [ɹæ̙ːt], [ɹæ̙ːʔ] (Canada) IPA(key): [ɹʌɪt] (Australian) IPA(key): [ɹɑɪt] (Scotland) IPA(key): [ɾʌɪt] ~ [ɾəɪt] (Wales) IPA(key): [ɾaɪt] Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: right, rite, wright === Verb === write (third-person singular simple present writes, present participle writing, simple past wrote or (archaic) writ, past participle written or (archaic) writ or (obsolete) ywriten) (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). (intransitive) To compose and send written information (to). (ditransitive) To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to. (ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to someone via writing. (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form. (intransitive) To be an author. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. (finance) To sell (an option or other derivative). (chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (form letters, words or symbols in order to communicate): inscribe, scrawl (indistinctly), scribble (quickly or imprecisely) (be the author of): author, pen (send (a letter) to): to post (show (information, etc) in written form): display, indicate, mark, show (computing: store (data)): save, store (fill in, complete): sit (Commonwealth) See also Thesaurus:write ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “computing: store (data)”): load, read, retrieve ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === write (plural writes) The act or style of writing. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. ==== Derived terms ==== quick-write torn write === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “write”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “write”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === twier, twire == Middle English == === Verb === write alternative form of writen == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwriː.te/, /ˈwri.te/ Rhymes: -iː.te, -i.te === Verb === wrīte inflection of wrītan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive === Verb === write inflection of wrītan: second-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian wrīta, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan. Cognate with English write, Dutch wrijten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvritə/ === Verb === write to rip, to tear to be painful, to sting ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “write”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011