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written
adj. inscribed; in writing; in handwriting
 
write
v. mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record data onto a storage medium (Computers)


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Writing
Writing, is the representation of language in a textual medium; that is with the use of signs or symbols. It is distinguished from illustration such as cave drawings and paintings, and recording language via a non-textual medium such as magnetic tape audio.
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written
Adjective
1. set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence"
(antonym) spoken
(similar) backhand, left-slanting
(see-also) scripted
2. systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
(antonym) unwritten
(similar) codified, statute(p)
3. written as for a film or play or broadcast
(synonym) scripted

 
write
Verb
1. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
(synonym) compose, pen, indite
(hypernym) create verbally
(hyponym) draw
(entail) spell
(see-also) write out, write up
(verb-group) publish
(derivation) writer, author
(classification) writing, authorship, composition, penning
2. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) write in
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
(synonym) publish
(hypernym) create verbally
(verb-group) compose, pen, indite
(derivation) writer, author
4. communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
(synonym) drop a line
(hypernym) correspond
(derivation) writer
5. communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
6. write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
(synonym) compose
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) counterpoint
(classification) music
7. mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
(hypernym) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
(hyponym) stenograph
(derivation) writer
8. record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
(hypernym) record, tape
(hyponym) overwrite
(classification) computer science, computing
9. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
(synonym) spell
(hyponym) hyphenate, hyphen


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Written

p. p. of Write, v.
  
 
(p. p.)
of Write
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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write
1. <chatUnix's simple talk command and protocol. write has been largely superseded by talk and then irc.
An enhancement, RWP, has been proposed.
2. A simple text editor for Windows.
(1998-04-28)


(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe

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