<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) wrote or (archaic) writ; written or (archaic) writ; writing.</li><li>To trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: <em>Write your name on the board.</em></li><li>To express or communicate in writing; give a written account of: <em>She wrote to thank us for the hospitality.</em></li><li>To fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing: <em>to write a check.</em></li><li>To execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.: <em>to write two copies of a letter.</em></li><li>To compose and produce in words or characters duly set down: <em>to write a letter to a friend.</em></li><li>To produce as author or composer: <em>to write a sonnet; to write a symphony.</em></li><li>To trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing.</li><li>To cause to be apparent or unmistakable: <em>Honesty is written on his face.</em></li><li>(Computers) To transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium.</li><li>(Stock Exchange) To sell (options); to underwrite.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To put into writing, especially in full detail: <em>My boss asked me to write up a report for the meeting on Monday, so I cancelled my plans and worked on it all weekend.</em></li><li>To present to public notice in a written description or account.</li><li>To document a violation, complaint, or charge against, especially in a recommendation for disciplinary action: <em>Is it true that you were written up by your French teacher because you set a classroom dictionary on fire?</em></li><li>(Accounting) To make an excessive valuation of (an asset).</li><li>To cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt.</li><li>To regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget: <em>to write off their bad experience.</em></li><li>To amortize: <em>The new equipment was written off in three years.</em></li><li>To set down in writing; record; note.</li><li>To direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience: <em>He writes down to the public.</em></li><li>To vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing a full name rather than selecting an option on the ballot.</li><li>To include in or add to a text by writing: <em>Do not write in corrections on the galley.</em></li><li>To request something by mail: <em>If interested, please write in for details.</em></li><li>To put into writing.</li><li>To write in full form; state completely.</li><li>To exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing: <em>He's just another author who has written himself out.</em></li></ul>