Verb

• S: (v) write out, write up (put into writing; write in complete form) "write out a contract"
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• S: (v) write, compose, pen, indite (produce a literary work) "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
• S: (v) draw (write a legal document or paper) "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"
• S: (v) lyric (write lyrics for (a song))
• S: (v) write on, write of, write about (write about a particular topic) "Snow wrote about China"
• S: (v) profile (write about) "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"
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• Somebody ----s something
• Somebody ----s somebody
• Something ----s somebody
• Something ----s something
• S: (v) paragraph (write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher)
• S: (v) paragraph (write about in a paragraph) "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"
• S: (v) write off (write something fluently, and without hesitation)
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• S: (v) dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off (write quickly) "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"
• S: (v) rewrite (rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose) "re-write a play for use in schools"
• S: (v) write copy (write for commercial publications) "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"
• S: (v) dramatize, dramatise, adopt (put into dramatic form) "adopt a book for a screenplay"
• S: (v) draft, outline (draw up an outline or sketch for something) "draft a speech"
• S: (v) verse, versify, poetize, poetise (compose verses or put into verse) "He versified the ancient saga"
• S: (v) author (be the author of) "She authored this play"
• S: (v) annotate, footnote (add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments) "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
• S: (v) reference, cite (refer to) "he referenced his colleagues' work"
• S: (v) write out, write up (put into writing; write in complete form) "write out a contract"
• S: (v) script (write a script for) "The playwright scripted the movie"
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• S: (v) write out, issue, make out, cut (make out and issue) "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"