- write
- v.
1) ('to form letters') to write illegibly; legibly
2) (A) ('to compose and send') she wrote a letter to me; or: she wrote me a letter
3) (C) ('to compose') he wrote a recommendation for me; or: (colloq.) he wrote me a recommendation
4) (d; intr.) to write about, of ('to describe') (to write about/of the war)
5) (D; tr.) to write about ('to compose about') (she wrote a book about her experiences)
6) (D; intr.) ('to be a writer') to write for (she writes for popular magazines)
7) (d; intr.) to write for ('to request') (she wrote for a recommendation; she wrote to me for a recommendation; AE also has: she wrote me for a recommendation)
8) (d; intr.) to write to ('to compose and send a letter to') (he writes to her every day; AE also has: he writes her every day)
9) (D; tr.) to write to ('to compose for') (to write words to a song)
10) (d; intr.) ('to order, command') to write to + to + inf. (she wrote to me to come home)
11) (AE) (H; no passive) ('to order, command') she wrote me to come home
12) (L; to; may have an object in AE) ('to inform') they wrote to us/wrote us (AE) that they would come home
13) (Q; to; may have an object in AE) ('to inform') she wrote to us/wrote us (AE) where we were to meet
* * *[raɪt]legiblyor: (colloq.) he wrote me a recommendationor: she wrote me a letterof (to write about/ of the war; 'to describe')('to form letters') to write illegibly(A) ('to compose and send') she wrote a letter to me(AE) (H; no passive) ('to order, command') she wrote me to come home(C) ('to compose') he wrote a recommendation for me(L; to; may have an object in AE) ('to inform') they wrote to us/wrote us (AE) that they would come home(Q; to; may have an object in AE) ('to inform') she wrote to us/wrote us (AE) where we were to meet(d; intr.) to write to (he writes to her every day; AE also has: he writes her every day; 'to compose and send a letter to')(D; tr.) to write about (she wrote a book about her experiences; 'to compose about')(d; intr.) to write for (she wrote for a recommendation; she wrote to me for a recommendation; AE also has: she wrote me for a recommendation; 'to request')(d; intr.) ('to order, command') to write to + to + inf. (she wrote to me to come home)(D; intr.) ('to be a writer') to write for (she writes for popular magazines)(D; tr.) to write to (to write words to a song; 'to compose for')
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.