If you write in to an organization, you send them a letter.
What's the point in writing in when you only print half the letter anyway? [VERBPARTICLE]
So there's another thing that you might like to write in to this programme about. [VERBPARTICLE + to]
2. phrasal verb
In the United States, if someone who is voting in an election writes in a person whose name is not on the list of candidates, they write that person's name on the voting paper and vote for himor her.
I think I'll write in Pat Wilson. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
I'm going to write him in on my ballot next year. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. See also write-in
See full dictionary entry for write
write-in
Word forms: plural write-ins
countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
In the US, a write-in is a vote that you make by writing the candidate's name on the ballot paper.
When Republican write-ins were included, Johnson's margin of victory was only 330votes.
The state does not permit write-in votes.
Four years ago, he was a write-in candidate in New Hampshire.
write in in British English
verb(transitive)
1.
to insert in (a document, form, etc) in writing
2. (adverb)
to write a letter to a company, institution, etc
3. (adverb) US
a.
to vote for (a person not on a ballot) by writing in his or her name
b.
to cast (a vote) for such a person by writing in his or her name
nounwrite-in US
4.
the act of voting for a person by writing his or her name on a ballot
5.
a candidate or vote that has been written in
6.
(as modifier)
a write-in campaign
write-in in British English
(ˈraɪtˌɪn)
noun US politics
1.
a vote cast for an unlisted candidate by writing his or her name on a ballot paper
When Republican write-ins were included, Johnson's margin of victory was only 330votes.
The state does not permit write-in votes.
2.
an unlisted candidate whose name someone writes on a ballot paper
Four years ago, he was a write-in in New Hampshire.
write in in American English
US
to vote for (someone not officially on a ballot) by inserting that person's name on the ballot
See full dictionary entry for write
write-in in American English
(raɪtˌɪn)
US
noun
1.
a vote for some person whose name is not on the ballot, made by inserting that person'sname
2.
a person whose name is so inserted
adjective
3.
of or relating to a write-in
write-in campaign
Examples of 'write in' in a sentence
write in
It is because I have seen him that I have to write in my journal.
Holt, Victoria THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
She carried her journal about but never had time to write in it.
Haines, Pamela THE GOLDEN LION
I would not want anyone to read my innermost thoughts, which is how I like to think of what I write in my journal.
Holt, Victoria THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
But then all those people out here know I don't talk what I write in their letters for them.