write
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
produce a literary work
She composed a poem
Types & categories
- create verbally hypernym
- draw hyponym
- lyric hyponym
- write on hyponym
- profile hyponym
- paragraph hyponym
- paragraph hyponym
- write off hyponym
- dash off hyponym
- rewrite hyponym
- write copy hyponym
- dramatize hyponym
- draft hyponym
- verse hyponym
- author hyponym
- footnote hyponym
- reference hyponym
- write out hyponym
- script hyponym
Related & opposite
- write out also see
- authorship derivation
- pen derivation
- author derivation
- authorship domain topic
- spell entails
- publish verb group
Sense 2 verb
communicate or express by writing
Please write to me every week
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
- write in hyponym
- style hyponym
- apostrophize hyponym
- rewrite hyponym
- sign hyponym
- type hyponym
- handwrite hyponym
- jot hyponym
- scribble hyponym
- write down hyponym
- make out hyponym
- write up hyponym
Related & opposite
- committal to writing derivation
- writer derivation
- drop a line verb group
Sense 3 verb
have (one's written work) issued for publication
How many books did Georges Simenon write?
Types & categories
- create verbally hypernym
Related & opposite
- publication derivation
- author derivation
- pen verb group
Sense 4 verb
communicate (with) in writing
Write her soon, please!
Types & categories
- correspond hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
communicate by letter
He wrote that he would be coming soon
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
Related & opposite
- writer derivation
- drop a line verb group
Sense 6 verb
write music
Beethoven composed nine symphonies
Types & categories
- create hypernym
- counterpoint hyponym
- set to music hyponym
- arrange hyponym
- score hyponym
- melodize hyponym
- harmonize hyponym
- instrumentate hyponym
Related & opposite
- composing derivation
- musical composition derivation
- composer derivation
- music domain topic
Sense 7 verb
mark or trace on a surface
The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
Types & categories
- trace hypernym
- dot hyponym
- stenograph hyponym
- calligraph hyponym
- cross hyponym
- superscribe hyponym
- superscribe hyponym
- capitalize hyponym
- letter hyponym
- print hyponym
- scrawl hyponym
- copy hyponym
- print hyponym
Related & opposite
- writer derivation
Sense 8 verb
record data on a computer
boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 9 verb
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- spelling derivation
Sense 10 verb
create code, write a computer program
She writes code faster than anybody else
Types & categories
- create by mental act hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | write out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | authorship |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | author |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | authorship |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | spell |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | publish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | create verbally |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lyric |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write on |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | profile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paragraph |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paragraph |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rewrite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write copy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dramatize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | verse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | author |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | footnote |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reference |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | write out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | script |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | committal to writing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | writer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | drop a line |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | write in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | style |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostrophize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rewrite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | type |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | handwrite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | jot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scribble |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | write down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | make out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | write up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | publication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | author |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | pen |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | create verbally |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | writer |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | write |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | write |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | correspond |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | writer |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | drop a line |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | composing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | musical composition |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | composer |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterpoint |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | set to music |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | score |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | melodize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | harmonize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | instrumentate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | writer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | trace |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dot |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | stenograph |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | calligraph |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | superscribe |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | superscribe |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | capitalize |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | letter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrawl |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | copy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | record |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | overwrite |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | spelling |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | spell out |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyphen |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | create by mental act |