wrote (verb)

  • 11write out — verb 1. put into writing; write in complete form (Freq. 2) write out a contract • Syn: ↑write up • Topics: ↑writing, ↑authorship, ↑composition, ↑penning …

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  • 12write off — verb 1. concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody (Freq. 2) write it off as a loss • Hypernyms: ↑admit, ↑acknowledge • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody …

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  • 13write — verb (wrote; written; also writ or dialect wrote; writing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrītan to scratch, draw, inscribe; akin to Old High German rīzan to tear and perhaps to Greek rhinē file, rasp Date: before 12th century… …

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  • 14bog down — verb 1. get stuck while doing something (Freq. 1) She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation • Syn: ↑bog • Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑break off, ↑discontinue, ↑stop …

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  • 15write down — verb 1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑set down, ↑get down, ↑put down • Hypernyms: ↑write • Hyponyms: ↑transcribe …

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  • 16look into — verb 1. investigate scientifically (Freq. 6) Let s investigate the syntax of Chinese • Syn: ↑investigate • Derivationally related forms: ↑investigation (for: ↑investigate), ↑ …

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  • 17transpire — verb (transpired; transpiring) Etymology: Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans + spirare to breathe Date: 1597 transitive verb to pass off or give passage to (a fluid) through pores or interstices;… …

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  • 18write up — verb a) To write about positively. The paper wrote up the teams prospects. b) To document the faults of. His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument …

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  • 19write — verb (past wrote; past participle written) 1》 mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.     ↘have the ability to do this: he couldn t read or write.     ↘fill out or complete in writing.… …

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  • 20write — verb 1) he wrote her name in the book Syn: put in writing, write down, jot down, put down, note, take down, record, register, log, list; inscribe, sign, scribble, scrawl, pencil 2) Jacqueline wrote a …

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