"write" meaning in English

See write in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: write
  1. γράφω
    Sense id: el-write-en-verb-7g2KzPFR
  2. γράφω καθ' υπαγόρευση, σημειώνω
    Sense id: el-write-en-verb-M~Zn0wY-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cowrite, overwrite, underwrite, write down, write in, write off, write up, writer, write head, read/write head
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "erase"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "write"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cowrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "overwrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "underwrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "write down"
    },
    {
      "word": "write in"
    },
    {
      "word": "write off"
    },
    {
      "word": "write up"
    },
    {
      "word": "writer"
    },
    {
      "word": "write head"
    },
    {
      "word": "read/write head"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I will write to him.",
          "translation": "Θα του γράψω."
        },
        {
          "text": "Half is written numerically as 1/2 or 0.5.",
          "translation": "Το μισό αριθμητικά γράφεται ως 1/2 ή 0,5."
        },
        {
          "text": "This book is badly written.",
          "translation": "Αυτό το βιβλίο είναι κακά γραμμένο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "γράφω"
      ],
      "id": "el-write-en-verb-7g2KzPFR",
      "raw_tags": [
        "μεταβατικό και αμετάβατο"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wrote all I said.",
          "translation": "Έγραψα ό,τι είπα."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: jot down, mark down, note, transcribe και write down"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "γράφω καθ' υπαγόρευση, σημειώνω"
      ],
      "id": "el-write-en-verb-M~Zn0wY-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "write"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "erase"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "write"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cowrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "overwrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "underwrite"
    },
    {
      "word": "write down"
    },
    {
      "word": "write in"
    },
    {
      "word": "write off"
    },
    {
      "word": "write up"
    },
    {
      "word": "writer"
    },
    {
      "word": "write head"
    },
    {
      "word": "read/write head"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I will write to him.",
          "translation": "Θα του γράψω."
        },
        {
          "text": "Half is written numerically as 1/2 or 0.5.",
          "translation": "Το μισό αριθμητικά γράφεται ως 1/2 ή 0,5."
        },
        {
          "text": "This book is badly written.",
          "translation": "Αυτό το βιβλίο είναι κακά γραμμένο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "γράφω"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "μεταβατικό και αμετάβατο"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wrote all I said.",
          "translation": "Έγραψα ό,τι είπα."
        },
        {
          "text": "≈ συνώνυμα: jot down, mark down, note, transcribe και write down"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "γράφω καθ' υπαγόρευση, σημειώνω"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "write"
}

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