Definitions

wrote

[roht] / roʊt /

VERB

put language down on paper

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

Example Sentences

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“For their place to burn, the entire town would have to go up in flames,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Slate’s Alexis Romero wrote about the continued fallout from the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

“This is a very very very important closing of the circle for many people,” she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

They told him none were available, he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

They put blue bands on the birds’ legs and wrote down the numbers so Jack could remember the birds’ birthdays and who their mothers and fathers were.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr