write

(ambitransitive)To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

The pupil wrote his name on the paper.

Your son has been writing on the wall.

(transitive)To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.

(intransitive)To compose and send written information (to).

Please write to me when you get there.

Please write me when you get there.

He never phones me, but he does write occasionally.

(ditransitive)To compose and send (written information or a written message, e.g. a letter) to.

Please write me a letter. Please write a letter to me.

(transitive)To show (information, etc) in written form.

The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.

(intransitive)To be an author.

I write for a living.

(intransitive)(computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.

The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.

(Canada, South Africa, transitive, usually)(transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.

I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.

To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

truth written on the heart

To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.

(finance) To sell (an option or other derivative).

(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) To paint a religious icon or a pysanka egg.

The act or style of writing.

(computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?