write
noun
1. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
- How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
verb
1. produce a literary work
Similar word(s): compose, indite, pen
Definition categories: creation
2. communicate or express by writing
Definition categories: communication, communicate, intercommunicate
3. communicate (with) in writing
- Write her soon, please!
Definition categories: communication, correspond
4. write music
Similar word(s): compose
Definition categories: creation, create, make
5. mark or trace on a surface
Definition categories: creation, delineate, describe, draw, line, trace
6. record data on a computer
Similar word(s): save
Definition categories: communication, record, tape
7. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
Similar word(s): spell
Definition categories: creation
8. create code, write a computer program
- She writes code faster than anybody else
Definition categories: creation
Sentences with write as a verb:
- My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
- (UK) Please write to me when you get there.
- (US) Please write me when you get there.
- I write for a living.
- The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.