produce a literary work; She composed a poem; He wrote four novels

[ Syn: compose , pen , indite ]

create code, write a computer program; She writes code faster than anybody else'

communicate or express by writing; Please write to me every week'

have (ones written work) issued for publication; How many books did Georges Simenon write?; She published 25 books during her long career

[ Syn: publish ]

communicate (with) in writing; Write her soon, please!

[ Syn: drop a line ]

communicate by letter; He wrote that he would be coming soon'

write music; Beethoven composed nine symphonies

[ Syn: compose ]

mark or trace on a surface; The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper; Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet'

record data on a computer; boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk

[ Syn: save ]

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

[ Syn: spell ]