write

write
write [raɪt]
(preterite wrote, past participle written)
1. transitive verb
écrire ; [+ list, cheque] faire ; [+ prescription] rédiger
• can you write me when you get there? (US) tu peux m'écrire quand tu seras arrivé ?
2. intransitive verb
écrire
• he can read and write il sait lire et écrire
• write on both sides of the paper écrivez des deux côtés de la feuille
• he writes for a living il est écrivain de métier
• he writes on foreign policy for "The Guardian" il écrit des articles de politique étrangère dans le « Guardian »
• he wrote to tell us that ... il (nous) a écrit pour nous dire que ...
3. compounds
► write-protected adjective protégé contre l'écriture
► write away intransitive verb
( = send off) écrire (to à)
• to write away for [+ information, application form, details] écrire pour demander► write down separable transitive verb écrire ; ( = note) noter
• write all your ideas down and send them to me mettez toutes vos idées par écrit et envoyez-les-moi► write off separable transitive verb
[+ debt] annuler
• I've written off the whole thing as a dead loss j'en ai fait mon deuil (inf)
• they had written off all the passengers (as dead) ils pensaient que tous les passagers étaient morts
• he wrote his car off in the accident (inf) il a complètement bousillé (inf) sa voiture dans l'accident► write out separable transitive verb
   a. [+ one's name and address] écrire ; [+ list] établir
   b. ( = copy) [+ notes, essay] mettre au propre
► write up separable transitive verb
[+ notes, diary] mettre à jour ; ( = write report on) [+ happenings, developments] faire un compte rendu de
• he wrote up his visit in a report il a rendu compte de sa visite dans un rapport
• she wrote it up for the local paper elle en a fait le compte rendu pour le journal local
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[raɪt] 1.
(prét wrote; pp written) transitive verb
1) (put down on paper) écrire [letter, novel]; composer [song, symphony]; rédiger [business letter, article, essay]; faire [cheque, prescription]; écrire [software, program]

I wrote home — j'ai écrit à ma famille

to write something into a contract — inclure quelque chose dans un contrat

guilt was written all over her face — fig la culpabilité se lisait sur son visage

he had ‘policeman’ written all over him — fig ça crevait les yeux qu'il était policier

2) US (compose a letter to) écrire à [person]
2.
intransitive verb
1) (form words, correspond) écrire

to write in pencil — écrire au crayon

this pen doesn't write — ce stylo n'écrit pas

I have nothing to write with — je n'ai rien pour écrire

2) (compose professionally) écrire (for pour)

I write for a living — je suis écrivain de métier

to write about ou on — traiter de

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