Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"Please write to me every week"
Verb group:
drop a line
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 2
"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
Kinds of:
overwrite
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 3
"Write her soon, please!"
Type of:
correspond
Derived:
writer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Something ----s something
verb
Sense 4
"He wrote that he would be coming soon"
Derived:
writer
Verb group:
drop a line
Usage Patterns:
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 5
"The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
Derived:
writer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 6
"She composed a poem"
"He wrote four novels"
Type of:
create verbally
Verb group:
publish
Entails:
spell
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
"He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
Derived:
spelling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 8
"Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
music
verb
Sense 9
"How many books did Georges Simenon write?"
"She published 25 books during her long career"
Type of:
create verbally
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
96%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
66
Times Searched
3
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