WRITE
What does "WRITE" mean?
To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface to convey meaning.
Meanings
- To mark letters or symbols on a surface, typically with a pen, pencil, or keyboard. Write your name at the top of the page.
- To compose a text, work, or message as an author. She wants to write a novel before she turns thirty.
- To record data onto a storage medium, in computing. The program writes the results to a log file. technical
- To send a letter or message to someone. He promised to write his grandmother every week.
Did you know?
- To 'write' once meant literally to scratch or carve - the Old English 'writan' described cutting runes into wood and stone, long before ink existed.
Word origin
From Old English 'wrītan', meaning to score, draw, or incise; originally to scratch runes into wood or stone, related to Old Norse 'ríta' (to carve).
Remember it
WRITE keeps a silent W and a silent E - the two quiet letters frame the noisy work of putting words down.
A little poem
Pen scratches the white-
a thought that was only smoke
now stands, and can wait.
haiku
Wordplay
- I tried to write a joke about the silent W, but it didn't make a sound.
What it teaches
Writing is thinking made to hold still long enough to be argued with.
Quick facts
What does WRITE mean?
To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface to convey meaning.
Is WRITE a valid word?
Yes — WRITE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WRITE?
WRITE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WRITE come from?
From Old English 'wrītan', meaning to score, draw, or incise; originally to scratch runes into wood or stone, related to Old Norse 'ríta' (to carve).
What can WRITE teach us?
Writing is thinking made to hold still long enough to be argued with.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.