Tra từ write - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

write [write writes wrote written writing] BrE [raɪt] NAmE [raɪt] verb (wroteBrE [rəʊt] ; NAmE [roʊt] writ·tenBrE [ˈrɪtn] ; NAmE [ˈrɪtn] )

LETTERS/NUMBERS
1. intransitive, transitive to make letters or numbers on a surface, especially using a pen or a pencil
• In some countries children don't start learning to read and write until they are six.
•~ in/on/with sth Please write in pen on both sides of the paper.
•I haven't got anything to write with.
•~ sth Write your name at the top of the paper.
•The teacher wrote the answers on the board.
•The ‘b’ had been wrongly written as a ‘d’.

BOOK/MUSIC/PROGRAM
2. transitive, intransitive to produce sth in written form so that people can read, perform or use it, etc
•~ sth to write a novel/a song/an essay/a computer program, etc.
•Who was ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ written by?
•Which opera did Verdi write first?
•~ sth about/on sth He hopes to write a book about his experiences one day.
• She had to write a report on the project.
•~ (about sth) I wanted to travel and then write about it.
•He writes for the ‘New Yorker’ (= works as a writer).
•No decision has been made at the time of writing.
•~ sb sth She wrote him several poems.

A LETTER
3. intransitive, transitive to put information, a message of good wishes, etc. in a letter and send it to sb
• Bye! Don't forget to write.
• Can you write and confirm your booking?
•I'm writing to enquire about language courses.
•~ to sb She wrote to him in France.
•~ sth (to sb) I wrote a letter to the Publicity Department.
•~ sb sth I wrote the Publicity Department a letter.
•~ that… She wrote that they were all fine.
•~ sb (NAmE)Write me while you're away.
•~ sb that… (NAmE)He wrote me that he would be arriving Monday.
•~ doing sth They wrote thanking us for the present.

STATE IN WRITING
4. transitive, intransitive to state the information or the words mentioned
•~ that… In his latest book he writes that the theory has since been disproved.
•~ of sth Ancient historians wrote of a lost continent beneath the ocean.
•+ speech ‘Of all my books,’ wrote Dickens, ‘I like this the best.’

CHEQUE/FORM
5. transitive to put information in the appropriate places on a cheque or other form
•~ sth (out) to write out a cheque
•~ sb (out) sth I'll write you a receipt.
• The doctor wrote her a prescription for more antibiotics.

COMPUTING
6. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to/onto sth to record data in the memory of a computer
•An error was reported when he tried to write data to the file for the first time.

OF PEN/PENCIL
7. intransitive to work correctly or in the way mentioned
• This pen won't write.
more at not worth the paper it's written/printed on at ↑worth _adj.
Idioms: ↑have somebody written all over it ▪ ↑nothing to write home about ▪ ↑that's all she wrote ▪ ↑written all over somebody's face
Derived: ↑write away ▪ ↑write back ▪ ↑write in ▪ ↑write off ▪ ↑write somebody in ▪ ↑write somebody off ▪ ↑write somebody out ▪ ↑write something down ▪ ↑write something into something ▪ ↑write something off ▪ ↑write something out ▪ ↑write something up
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Word Origin:
Old English wrītan ‘score, form (letters) by carving, write’, of Germanic origin; related to German reissen ‘sketch, drag’.

Example Bank:
•After ‘Tom Sawyer’, Twain went on to write several other classic books.
•Children must learn to write neatly.
•Doris writes with verve and wit.
•He decided to write off for the brochure.
•He had an extra clause written into his contract.
•He has been commissioned to write a history of the town.
•He has written extensively on the subject.
•He set out to write a short book on taxation.
•He still writes to me regularly.
•He writes on political issues.
•He wrote a list on the back of an old envelope.
•He wrote in his journal.
•He wrote to the editor of the newspaper.
•Her novel was written under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
•I write with an old fashioned pen.
•I'd better write this down, otherwise I'll forget it.
•She was busily writing in a notebook.
•She was busily writing in an exercise book.
•She was inspired to write the poem by a visit to the cathedral.
•She writes for ‘The New York Times’.
•She wrote back to him the next day.
•She wrote in Arabic.
•She wrote of her life in Africa.
•The role was written specifically for Rita Hayworth.
•The words were written in black ink.
•a journalist who writes about problems in the developing world
•an art critic who writes regularly in the French daily ‘Le Figaro’
•history written from the perspective of the losers
•the ability to write clearly in plain English
•Anicent historians wrote of a lost continent beneath the ocean.
•He writes for ‘The New Yorker’.
•I haven't got anything to write with.
•I'll write you a receipt.
•In his latest book he writes that the theory has since been disproved.
•In some countries children don't start learning to read and write until they are six.
•No decision had been made at the time of writing.
•Please write clearly in black ink.
•Someone had written a slogan on the wall.
•Students will be expected to write their own computer programs.
•The ‘b’ had been wrongly written as a ‘d’.
•We teach children to write when they are about six.
•Who was ‘Robinson Crusoe’ written by?
•Write your answer out again on a new sheet of paper.
•Write your name at the top of the page.