Definition of write (w) in English English dictionary
- nothing to write home about
- Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.''
The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.
- read/write head
- A combination read head and write head
- something to write home about
- Something exceptional or noteworthy
- write
- To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
- write
- To show (information, etc) in written form
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
- write
- To fill in, to complete using words
- write
- To record (data) mechanically or electronically
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
- write
- To be an author
I write for a living.
- write
- To send written information to
US) Please write me when you get there.
- write
- To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
Your son has been writing on the wall.
- write down
- To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- write down
- To set (something) down in writing; to record something
- write down
- To write (something) in a simple or condescending style
- write head
- That part of several electromechanical devices that converts electrical signals into digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium
- write home about
- See nothing to write home about and something to write home about
- write in
- To write a letter to, e.g. a publication
If you have any questions, you can write in at the following address.
- write in
- To fill in something required, by writing
Don't forget to write in your details on the paper.
- write off
- To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation
- write off
- Figuratively, to assign a low value to something
When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.
- write off
- To record an expenditure as an expense
- write off
- To reduce an asset's book value to zero
- write once
- of a type of storage technology in which data, once written, cannot be erased or modified
- write one's own ticket
- To be empowered to choose whatever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires
Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies would sell out their stock of Elvis' recordings, and that the King could write his own ticket when he returned, in both the recording and the film industries. Parker was right.
- write out
- To write in full length or expanded form
Don't use abbreviations, write out words!.
- write up
- To write about positively
The paper wrote up the team's prospects.
- write up
- To document the faults of
His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument.
- write up
- To produce by writing
The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
- write-down
- a depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something
- write-in
- A vote made for a candidate who is a write-in
- write-in
- A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot
- write-off
- The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost
- write-off
- Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident)
- write-off
- Nonstandard spelling of write off
Provided that where the Collector or any of his subordinates is responsible for the collection of any tax, the power to write-off such tax, on the ground of its being irrecoverable, shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Land Administration.
- write-only
- Capable of being written but not read
- write-up
- An increase made to the book value of an asset that was previously undervalued
- write-up
- A written account of something, as a record
- write
- To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs
- write
- {v} to form letters and words with a pen or style, engrave, compose, impress
- co-write
- Write together with another person
- Read Write
- reading/writing, quality of a file or device which can be read from and written to
- Write Once Read Many
- (Computers) any type of storage medium that can only be written to once but can be read an unlimited number of times (such as a CD-ROM)
- bad debt write-off
- assuming a debt cannot be recovered and trying to get a tax benefit from the loss
- debt write-off
- nullification of a debt
- ghost-write
- If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work. Articles were ghost-written by company employees. = ghost
- inventory write-off
- (Ticaret) The reduction of the currently-stated financial value of an inventory item based on a determination that its future worth is less than its acquisition cost due to obsolescence or market changes
- nothing to write home about
- nothing special, nothing to get too excited about
- read write head
- device found in a drive which reads and writes data on the magnetic medium
- read-write privilege
- access to write and read to or from a computer file
- read/write head
- (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
- tax write-off
- a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- write
- The transfer of data to a tag, the tags internal operation of storing the data and it may include reading the data in order to verify the operation
- write
- write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- write
- To write up To bring into public notice or estimation by favourable criticisms or accounts of, as to write up a play or an author
- write
- To store data into a particular memory location The read operation is often called store operation When a word is written in a memory location, it replaces the word that was previously stored there
- write
- To record digital data onto a digital recording or into computer memory
- write
- communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
- write
- send a message to another user
- write
- have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
- write
- Permission to modify the contents of a file or folder
- write
- To form letters, etc., in order to communicate
- write
- 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"
- write
- If you write to a computer or a disk, you record data on it. You should write-protect all disks that you do not usually need to write to. see also writing, written
- write
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper" produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels
- write
- to record new information on a storage medium such as a disk In text editing, to send a temporary file to the disk where it will replace the previous version (if any) of the file
- write
- Show facts, to make things clear
- write
- To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices
- write
- {f} mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record data onto a storage medium (Computers)
- write
- data transfer out of the CPU
- write
- To insure, to underwrite, or to accept an application
- write
- When you write to someone or write them a letter, you give them information, ask them something, or express your feelings in a letter. In American English, you can also write someone. Many people have written to me on this subject She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier I wrote a letter to the car rental agency, explaining what had happened Why didn't you write, call, anything? He had written her in Italy but received no reply. nothing to write home about: see home
- write
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- write
- To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart
- write
- A basic system operation that results only in the flow of information from a subject to an object See also Read
- write
- (1) (v ) To place text in a file (2) (v ) To use the write command to communicate with other users
- write
- When someone writes something such as a cheque, receipt, or prescription, they put the necessary information on it and usually sign it. Snape wrote a receipt with a gold fountain pen I'll write you a cheque in a moment. Write out means the same as write. We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque Get my wife to write you out a receipt before you leave
- write
- Sell an option Applies to derivative products
- write
- Entry point to a routine in the BIOS that writes the record at the currently selected DMA address to the currently selected drive, track, and sector
- write
- To compose or send letters
- write
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- write
- The process of storing data into a memory
- write
- To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter
- write
- When you write something on a surface, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers on the surface. If you'd like one, simply write your name and address on a postcard and send it to us They were still trying to teach her to read and write He wrote the word `pride' in huge letters on the blackboard
- write
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels
- write
- Opposite of wrong
- write
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
- write
- If you write something such as a book, a poem, or a piece of music, you create it and record it on paper or perhaps on a computer. I had written quite a lot of orchestral music in my student days Finding a volunteer to write the computer program isn't a problem Thereafter she wrote articles for papers and magazines in Paris Jung Lu wrote me a poem once
- write
- Applies to derivative products Sell an option
- write
- To use an input device such as a keyboard or mouse to transfer information from a working memory to a storage medium such as a hard or floppy disk; also, to transfer data from working memory to the computer's display screen (Compare with read )
- write
- To insure, to underwrite, or to accept an application (G)
- write
- mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
- write
- In computer terminology, record
- write
- The process of recording data on a disk surface via electromagnetic head
- write
- Hence, to compose or produce, as an author
- write
- To record data in a storage device or on a data medium
- write
- Someone who writes creates books, stories, or articles, usually for publication. Jay wanted to write She writes for many papers, including the Sunday Times
- write
- To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose
- write
- To send a letter to
- write
- communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
- write
- (1) To output characters to a file, such as standard output or standard error Unless otherwise stated, standard output is the default output destination for all uses of the term write X/Open (2) To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium I, ANSI
- write
- To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively
- write
- To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium
- write
- Same as encoding
- write
- To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures
- write
- record data by a machine, especially for spindols
- write
- record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
- write a check
- fill out a printed bank form that authorizes the payment of money from one's account
- write back
- If you write back to someone who has sent you a letter, you write them a letter in reply. Macmillan wrote back saying that he could certainly help I wrote back to Meudon at once to fix up a meeting
- write copy
- write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"
- write copy
- write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar
- write down
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc
- write down
- When you write something down, you record it on a piece of paper using a pen or pencil. On the morning before starting the fast, write down your starting weight Only by writing things down could I bring some sort of order to the confusion
- write down
- reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
- write down
- take down on paper, note down, register, list
- write in
- write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"
- write in
- In the United States, if someone who is voting in an election writes in a person whose name is not on the list of candidates, they write that person's name on the voting paper and vote for him or her. I think I'll write in Pat Wilson I'm going to write him in on my ballot next year. see also write-in
- write in
- cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot; "Many voters wrote in the names of strangers"
- write in
- If you write in to an organization, you send them a letter. What's the point in writing in when you only print half the letter anyway? So there's another thing that you might like to write in to this programme about
- write in
- cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot; "Many voters wrote in the names of strangers
- write in a clause
- add a section in handwriting
- write into
- If a rule or detail is written into a contract, law, or agreement, it is included in it when the contract, law, or agreement is made. They insisted that a guaranteed supply of Chinese food was written into their contracts I didn't write that into the rules but I don't think it's a bad idea
- write long hand
- write using regular language, write without abbreviations or symbols
- write off
- If you write off a plan or project, you accept that it is not going to be successful and do not continue with it. We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping The prices were much higher. So we decided to write that off see also write-off
- write off
- write something fluently, and without hesitation cancel (a debt)
- write off
- {i} cancellation from an account of a worthless asset (Finance); something which is entirely useless
- write off
- If someone writes off a vehicle, they have a crash in it and it is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. John's written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport One of Pete's friends wrote his car off there
- write off
- If you write someone or something off, you decide that they are unimportant or useless and that they are not worth further serious attention. He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees. = dismiss
- write off
- cancel (a debt)
- write off
- write something fluently, and without hesitation
- write off
- If someone writes off a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back. The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts
- write off
- reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
- write off
- {f} disregard an outstanding debt (as of a customer); consider worthless; make a reduction in a value for accounting purposes
- write off
- concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"
- write off
- If you write off to a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something. He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand. = write
- write off debts
- erase outstanding balances
- write on
- write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China
- write on
- write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"
- write out
- When you write out something fairly long such as a report or a list, you write it on paper. We had to write out a list of ten jobs we'd like to do The application form is important. Sit down and write it out properly
- write out
- put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"
- write out
- make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
- write out
- put on paper with the use of a pencil or pen; copy out
- write out
- see write 5
- write out
- The procedure used when a specialist makes a trade involving his own inventory, on one hand, and a floor broker's order, on the other The broker must first complete the trade with the specialist, who then transacts a separate trade with the customer
- write out
- put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract
- write out
- If a character in a drama series is written out, he or she is taken out of the series. When Angie was written out of `Eastenders' her character went to Spain to open a bar
- write protect
- form of ensuring that a storage medium cannot be written to
- write protect tab
- library which is currently chosen, library which a program refers to as a default
- write protected
- condition in which a diskette is protected against writing data by opening the protective tab
- write reminiscences
- {f} write recollection of past events and experiences
- write short hand
- write using abbreviations or symbols to stand for words and phrases
- write up
- put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"
- write up
- put in writing; update; describe in detail
- write up
- If you write up something that has been done or said, you record it on paper in a neat and complete form, usually using notes that you have made. He wrote up his visit in a report of over 600 pages Mr Sadler conducted interviews, and his girlfriend wrote them up. see also write-up
- write up
- bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?"
- write up
- a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
- write up
- bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?
- write-
- Entry point to a routine in the BIOS that writes the record at the currently selected DMA address to the currently selected drive, track, and sector
- write-
- Opposite of wrong
- write-
- communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
- write-
- write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- write-
- To write up To bring into public notice or estimation by favourable criticisms or accounts of, as to write up a play or an author
- write-
- mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
- write-
- (1) To output characters to a file, such as standard output or standard error Unless otherwise stated, standard output is the default output destination for all uses of the term write X/Open (2) To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium I, ANSI
- write-
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- write-
- (1) (v ) To place text in a file (2) (v ) To use the write command to communicate with other users
- write-
- have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
- write-
- Applies to derivative products Sell an option
- write-
- The transfer of data to a tag, the tags internal operation of storing the data and it may include reading the data in order to verify the operation
- write-
- communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
- write-
- send a message to another user
- write-
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
- write-
- The process of recording data on a disk surface via electromagnetic head
- write-
- To insure, to underwrite, or to accept an application (G)
- write-
- To record data in a storage device or on a data medium
- write-
- To insure, to underwrite, or to accept an application
- write-
- To store data into a particular memory location The read operation is often called store operation When a word is written in a memory location, it replaces the word that was previously stored there
- write-
- A basic system operation that results only in the flow of information from a subject to an object See also Read
- write-
- Same as encoding
- write-
- data transfer out of the CPU
- write-
- To record digital data onto a digital recording or into computer memory
- write-
- Sell an option Applies to derivative products
- write-
- In computer terminology, record
- write-
- Permission to modify the contents of a file or folder
- write-
- to record new information on a storage medium such as a disk In text editing, to send a temporary file to the disk where it will replace the previous version (if any) of the file
- write-
- The process of storing data into a memory
- write-
- record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
- write-
- To use an input device such as a keyboard or mouse to transfer information from a working memory to a storage medium such as a hard or floppy disk; also, to transfer data from working memory to the computer's display screen (Compare with read )
- write-
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- write-
- To make a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium
- write-
- 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"
- write-down
- Devaluation of assets for some or other reason, one such as damage
- write-down
- Decreasing the book value of an asset if its book value is overstated compared to current market values
- write-down
- The assets on the accounting books that are not profitable or are uncollectible and are removed from the accounting books
- write-down
- (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
- write-down
- A reduction in the carrying value of an asset because it has become obsolete or its usefulness has otherwise been impaired Involves a credit to the asset account, with an offsetting debit to a loss account (See Refer to page 309)
- write-down
- A reduction in the value of an investment
- write-down
- Reducing the book value of an asset if its is overstated compared to current market values
- write-in
- a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
- write-in
- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
- write-in
- In the US, a write-in is a vote that you make by writing the candidate's name on the ballot paper. When Republican write-ins were included, Johnson's margin of victory was only 330 votes. a vote you give to someone by writing their name on your ballot paper
- write-in candidate
- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
- write-off
- If you describe a plan or period of time as a write-off, you mean that it has been a failure and you have achieved nothing. Today was really a bit of a write-off for me
- write-off
- Cancellation of part of all of a balance Costs incurred which have no future utility are charge (written-off) to an expense or loss account, not carried forward as an asset
- write-off
- Something such as a vehicle that is a write-off has been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing. The car was a write-off, but everyone escaped unharmed
- write-off
- When the insurance company decides it is not economical to repair your car following an accident, theft , or when your car is stolen and recovered and either it is impossible to repair; it isn't safe to repair; it is not economical to repair your car
- write-off
- An accounting term for reducing the value of an asset to zero for some reason such as damages or complete obsolescence
- write-off
- Write-off is a procedure for the deletion of debts from the Public Accounts Write-off does not include forgiveness (i e the debt is still owing to the Government)
- write-off
- the removal of an account from an issuer's books When an account is written off, the issuer absorbs the outstanding balance as a loss This is also referred to as a "charge-off"
- write-off
- A write-off is the decision by a company or government to accept that they will never recover a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on something. Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt
- write-off
- Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets
- write-off
- the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
- write-off
- To charge an asset amount to expense or loss, in order to reduce the value of that asset and one's earnings
- write-off
- the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
- write-off
- (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
- write-off
- The act of changing the value of an asset to an expense or a loss A write-off is used to reduce or eliminate the value an asset and reduce profits
- write-off
- A company determines that an asset's value has become zero, e g , long-overdue accounts receivable that will never be paid
- write-off
- Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, for example through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets
- write-off
- The write-down of a portfolio company's holdings to a valuation of zero and the venture capital investors receive no proceeds from their investment
- write-off
- In common usage: a reduction in taxable income that results when allowable deductions are subtracted from gross income
- write-only language
- {i} WOL, programming language with the characteristic that programs written in it are scrapped without difficulty and re-written than modified (Computers)
- write-up
- A write-up is an article in a newspaper or magazine, in which someone gives their opinion of something such as a film, restaurant, or new product. The show received a good write-up The guide book contains a short write-up of each hotel. = review. a written opinion about a new book, play, or product in a newspaper, magazine etc = review