write

CEFRA1

/ɹaɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To form words or letters on paper or a screen.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɹɑjt]
  • /ɹəɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To compose and send written information (to).

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

  3. To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

More examples

In context

  • Most people write about their daily life.

  • My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

  • The pupil wrote his name on the paper.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

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 (...