1. Mark or trace words or symbols on a surface
   "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
    
2. Communicate or express by writing
   "He wrote about his great love for his wife"
    
3. Produce a literary work
   "He wrote four novels";
   - compose, pen, indite [archaic]
    
4. Contact in writing
   "Write to her soon, please!";
   - drop a line
    
5. (music) write music
   "Beethoven wrote nine symphonies";
   - compose
    
6. (computing) record data on a computer
   "The system writes log files automatically";
   - save, store
    
7. Specify or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
   "He wrote the word wrong in this letter";
   - spell
    
8. Create code, write a computer program
   "She writes code faster than anybody else";
   - code

Sounds like: write, rite

Derived forms: wrote, writes, written, writing

Type of: communicate, correspond, create, create by mental act, create mentally, create verbally, delineate, describe, draw, intercommunicate, line, make, record, tape, trace

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