write
[ rahyt ]
/ raɪt /
verb (used with object), wrote or (Archaic) writ; writ·ten or (Archaic) writ; writ·ing.
verb (used without object), wrote or (Archaic) writ; writ·ten or (Archaic) writ; writ·ing.
Verb Phrases
Origin of write
before 900; Middle English
writen, Old English
wrītan; cognate with Old Saxon
wrītan to cut, write, German
reissen to tear, draw, Old Norse
rīta to score, write
OTHER WORDS FROM write
mis·write, verb (used with object), mis·wrote, mis·writ·ten, mis·writ·ing.Words nearby write
Example sentences from the Web for write
British Dictionary definitions for write
write
/ (raɪt) /
verb writes, writing, wrote or written
Derived forms of write
writable, adjectiveWord Origin for write
Old English
wrītan (originally: to scratch runes into bark); related to Old Frisian
wrīta, Old Norse
rīta, Old High German
rīzan (German
reissen to tear)
Idioms and Phrases with write
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