write

[rahyt] / raɪt /

VERB

put language in written form

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell

STRONG

author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite

WEAK

bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil put in writing scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy ignore ruin

STRONG

keep stop

WEAK

read

VERB

to use a computer language, program

Synonyms

STRONGEST

author code program

Example Sentences

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Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Jordi Hays and John Coogan in 2024, TBPN, which started with no guests, has since amassed some notable “friends of the show”, as the hosts write on their YouTube page.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“Yes” won’t sway any hardliners but it should convince anyone with eyes of the absurdity of trying to write a hate song, even as Y screams its vicious lyrics into the wind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"He and I played this game back and forth in which we tried to write a paper in a week."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

I imagined Ma at fifteen or sixteen years old, unable to read or write, searching for a matchmaker.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

write

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