"wrote" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹəʊt/ [UK], /ɹoʊt/ [US] Audio: en-us-wrote.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wrote
  1. simple past of write Tags: form-of, past Form of: write
    Sense id: en-wrote-en-verb-lZKbtj3l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 57 40 1 2
  2. (now colloquial and nonstandard) past participle of write Tags: colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Form of: write
    Sense id: en-wrote-en-verb-XVMerlh5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: that's all she wrote

Download JSON data for wrote meaning in English (2.6kB)

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