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communicate or express by writing
e.g. Please write to me every week
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record data on a computer
e.g. boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Synonym: save
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communicate (with) in writing
e.g. Write her soon, please!
Synonym: drop a line
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communicate by letter
e.g. He wrote that he would be coming soon
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mark or trace on a surface
e.g. The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
e.g. Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
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create code, write a computer program
e.g. She writes code faster than anybody else
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produce a literary work
e.g. She composed a poem
e.g. He wrote four novels
Synonym: compose pen indite
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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
e.g. He spelled the word wrong in this letter
Synonym: spell
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write music
e.g. Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Synonym: compose
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have (one's written work) issued for publication
e.g. How many books did Georges Simenon write?
e.g. She published 25 books during her long career
Synonym: publish