to write
Verb · English
Meaning 1
to mark letters, words, or other symbols on a surface, typically paper, using a pen, pencil, or keyboard
(mark letters, words, or characters on a surface)
Example
Please write your name and signature at the bottom of the form.
Meaning 2
to compose or produce a text, literary work, musical composition, or correspondence
(compose a text, book, article, letter, or piece of music)
Example
She took six months off from work to write her first novel.
Synonyms
compose, inscribe, draft, author, pen, jot down
Grammar
- infinitive
- to write
- base form
- write
- present simple
- i
- write
- you
- write
- he she it
- writes
- we
- write
- they
- write
- past simple
- i
- wrote
- you
- wrote
- he she it
- wrote
- we
- wrote
- they
- wrote
- past participle
- written
- present participle
- writing