write

  1. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To send written information to.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To be an author.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To record (data) mechanically or electronically.
  7. Verb.  (transitive, South Africa) To fill in, to complete using words.
  8. Noun.  (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.

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