Write Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board. | | 2. | to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of. | | 3. | to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing: to write a check. | | 4. | to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.: to write two copies of a letter. | | 5. | to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down: to write a letter to a friend. | | 6. | to produce as author or composer: to write a sonnet; to write a symphony. | | 7. | to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing. | | 8. | to cause to be apparent or u
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nmistakable: Honesty is written on his face. | | 9. | Computers. to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium. | | 10. | Stock Exchange. to sell (options). | –verb (
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used without object) | 12. | to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does: He writes with a pen. | | 13. | to write as a profession or occupation: She writes for the Daily Inquirer. | | 14. | to express ideas in writing. | | 15. | to write a letter or letters, or communicate by letter: Write if you get work. | | 16. | to compose or work as a writer or author. | | 17. | Computers. to write into a secondary storage device or output medium. | —Verb phrases | 18. | write down, | a. | to set down in writing; record; note. | | b. | to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience: He writes down to the public. | | | 19. | write in, | a. | to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing his or her name on the ballot. | | b. | to include in or add to a text by writing: Do not write in corrections on the galley. | | c. | to request something by mail: If interested,
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please write in for details. | | | 20. | write off, | a. | to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt. | | b. | to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget: to write off their bad experience. | | c. | to amortize: The new equipment was written off in three years. | |
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| 21. | write out, | b. | to write in full form; state completely. | | c. | to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing: He's just another author who has written himself out. | | | 22. | write up, | a. | to put into writing, esp. in full detail: Write up a report. | | b. | to present to public notice in a written description or account. | | c. | Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset). | | |
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Resume Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue: to resume a journey. | | 2. | to take or occupy again: to resume one's seat. | | 3. | to take or assume use or practice of again: to resume her maiden name. | | 4. | to take back: to resume the title to a property. | –verb (used without object) | 5. | to go on or continue after interruption: The dancing is about to resume. | |
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