How do you use the word "write" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "write": Most people write about their daily life. I have to write a letter. Do you have some paper?

Write Meaning

/ɹaɪt/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

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

Sentence Examples

Most people write about their daily life.

I have to write a letter. Do you have some paper?

In some countries children don't start learning to read and write until they are six.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

pen compose publish

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She needs to ____ a heartfelt letter to her grandmother before the holiday.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Please remember to ____ a thank-you note to your grandmother for the lovely gift that she sent you today.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there." — 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

"Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph." — 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151:

"Do you know, one man actually wrote me he thought he could almost shave with the back of the blade, the lather "mellowed" his beard so." — 1916 March 11, “[advertisement] Jim Henry, Optimist”, in Saturday Evening Post:

"Ghana's motto, writ large on the gleaming white Independence Arch that overlooks the Atlantic in Accra, is "Freedom and Justice."" — 1957 September 30, “Ghana: White Eminence”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2011:

"The route passes over low-lying land, the only item of note being the Cerebos salt works at Greatham, where one may catch a glimpse of the smart black diesel locomotive emblazoned with the firm's name writ large." — 1959 August, K. Hoole, “The Middlesbrough–Newcastle Route of the N.E.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 359:

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