Computer Science To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.
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To communicate by correspondence: wrote that she was planning to visit.
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To compose and set down, especially in literary or musical form: write a poem; write a prelude.
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To draw up in legal form; draft: write a will.
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To fill in or cover with writing: write a check; wrote five pages in an hour.
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verb-intransitive
To compose a letter; communicate by mail.
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To produce written material, such as articles or books.
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To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface.
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idiom
Writ large Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large” ( George Eliot).
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phrasal-verb
Write down To disparage in writing.
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Write down To reduce in rank, value, or price.
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Write down To set down in writing.
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Write down To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style: felt he had to write down to his students.
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Write in To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).
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verb
To form (as characters or symbols) on a surface with an instrument (as a pen).
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To form (as words) by inscribing the characters or symbols of on a surface.
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To spell in.
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To cover, fill, or fill in by writing.
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to set down in writing as.
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