to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe

Write your name on the board.

to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of.

to fill in the blank spaces of (a printed form) with writing

to write a check.

to execute or produce by setting down words, figures, etc.

to write two copies of a letter.

to compose and produce in words or characters duly set down

to write a letter to a friend.

to produce as author or composer

to write a sonnet; to write a symphony.

to trace significant characters on, or mark or cover with writing.

to cause to be apparent or unmistakable

Honesty is written on his face.

Computers . to transfer (information, data, programs, etc.) from storage to secondary storage or an output medium.

Stock Exchange . to sell (options).

to underwrite.

to trace or form characters, words, etc., with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means, or as a pen or the like does

He writes with a pen.

to write as a profession or occupation

She writes for the Daily Inquirer.

to express ideas in writing.

to write a letter or letters, or communicate by letter

Write if you get work.

to compose or work as a writer or author.

Computers . to write into a secondary storage device or output medium. ?

write down,

to set down in writing; record; note.

to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience

He writes down to the public.

write in,

to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing his or her name on the ballot.

to include in or add to a text by writing

Do not write in corrections on the galley.

to request something by mail

If interested, please write in for details.

write off,

to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt.

to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget

to write off their bad experience.

to amortize

The new equipment was written off in three years.

write out,

to put into writing.

to write in full form; state completely.

to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing

He's just another author who has written himself out.

write up,

to put into writing, esp. in full detail

Write up a report.

to present to public notice in a written description or account.

Accounting . to make an excessive valuation of (an asset).

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phrasal verb

book , catalog , enroll , inscribe , set down , cheapen , depress , devaluate , devalue , downgrade , lower , mark down , reduce