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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"It's a strange feeling, missing balls I shouldn't miss, hitting balls softer than I remember I used to," she wrote in August 2024.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

“The Lord calls us to be overcomers, giving us the courage that David had when he faced Goliath,” Jin wrote in one letter after his arrest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

“He was the man who went to work every day. The man who expected his children to tell the truth, keep their word, and finish what they started,” he wrote of his father.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

At one point in my notes I wrote, “This is a man who never uses exclamation points.”

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

In the nineteenth century, people wrote anyway, in the hopes that communications to loved ones would eventually show up, even if months or years late.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock