write

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]
legibly
or: (colloq.) he wrote me a recommendation
or: she wrote me a letter
of (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.

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