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write R0133800 (rīt)v. wrote (rōt), writ·ten (rĭt′n) also writ (rĭt), writ·ing, writes v.tr.1. a. To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.b. To form (letters or words) in cursive style, especially in contrast to printing by hand.c. To spell: How do you write your name?2. a. To fill (an amount of space) with words or information: wrote five pages in an hour.b. To put written information in the blank spaces of (a check, form, or similar document).3. a. To produce or compose (text) in a recorded form that can be read: write a poem; write a letter.b. To express in writing; set down: write one's thoughts.c. To communicate by writing, especially by written letter: She wrote that she was planning to visit.d. To communicate with (someone) by writing, especially by letter: wrote me to tell me she had moved again.4. To compose (a musical work).5. a. To underwrite, as an insurance policy.b. To compose in legal form; draft: write a will.6. To indicate; mark: "Utter dejection was written on every face" (Winston S. Churchill).7. To ordain or prophesy: It was written that the empire would fall.8. Computers To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.v.intr.1. To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface: people who cannot read or write.2. To produce written material, such as articles or books: She wrote for most of her adult life.3. To compose a letter, email, or other written communication: Please write while you are away.Phrasal Verbs: write down1. To set down in writing.2. Accounting To record a reduced value for (an asset): forced to write down a security after a fall in its market value.3. Accounting To record (a loss) by reducing the value of an asset: wrote down $10 million in bad debt.4. To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style: felt he had to write down to his students.5. To disparage in writing: a film that was written down in the magazine. write in1. To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).2. To insert in a text or document: wrote in an apology at the end of the note.3. To communicate with an organization by mail: write in with a completed entry form. write off1. Accounting To record (a worthless asset) as a loss.2. Accounting To record (a loss or expense) as a reduction in earnings or in the value of an asset: wrote off business expenses when calculating taxable income.3. To consider as a loss or failure: wrote off the rainy first day of the vacation.4. To disregard as inconsequential: wrote off the singer as a novelty act. write out1. To express or compose in writing: write out a request.2. To write in full or expanded form: All abbreviations are to be written out. write up1. To write a report or description of, as for publication.2. Accounting To record an increased value for (an asset).3. To report (someone) in writing, as for breaking the law: wrote him up for speeding.4. To bring (a journal, for example) up to date.Idioms: write (one's) own ticket To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes: an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket. write the book on To be the preeminent practitioner of or expert in (something). writ large Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" (George Eliot).
[Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan.]Word History: Every modern Indo-European language of Western Europe except English derives its verb for "to write" from Latin scrībere: French écrire, Spanish escribir, Portuguese escrever, Catalan escriure, Italian scrivere, Irish scríobh, Scottish Gaelic sgrìobh, Welsh ysgrifennu, Breton skriva, Icelandic skrifa, Danish and Norwegian skrive, Swedish skriva, German schreiben, and Dutch schrijven. The English verb write, however, comes from Old English wrītan, from the Germanic root *writ- that in turn comes from the Indo-European root *wreid- meaning "to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline." German still retains this meaning in its cognate verb reissen, "to tear." Only Old English employed wrītan to refer to writing—that is, scratching on parchment with a pen. English shows a similar contrariness in its verb read, being almost the only western European language not to derive that verb from Latin legere.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | writ large - made more obvious or prominent; "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features"obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors" |
writ large
writ largeApparent in a more noticeable or obvious way or to a greater extent. The new blockbuster is really just a simple old story writ large. Come election season, we see all our national concerns writ large.See also: large, writwrit largeSignified, expressed, or embodied with greater magnitude, as in That book on Lincoln is simply an article writ large. [Mid-1600s] See also: large, writwrit large clear and obvious. The literal sense of written in large characters has long fallen out of use. As the past participle of write , writ has been superseded by written except in this phrase and analogous phrases such as writ small . 1994 Time Voters fear the future, which looks to them like the present writ large: more concern about crime, more economic pressure on their families, more of that unnerving sound of something eating away at the edges of their lives. See also: large, writˌwrit ˈlarge (literary)
1 easy to see or understand: Mistrust was writ large on her face.
2 (used after a noun) being a larger or more obvious example of the thing mentioned: The party’s new philosophies are little more than their old beliefs writ large. Writ in this idiom means written.See also: large, writ writ large Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" (George Eliot).See also: large, writEncyclopediaSeewriteFinancialSeeWritewrit large
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