wrote Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb produce a literary work
    write; pen; compose; indite.
    • She composed a poem
    • He wrote four novels
  2. verb communicate or express by writing
    write.
    • Please write to me every week
  3. verb have (one's written work) issued for publication
    write; publish.
    • How many books did Georges Simenon write?
    • She published 25 books during her long career
  4. verb communicate (with) in writing
    write; drop a line.
    • Write her soon, please!
  5. verb communicate by letter
    write.
    • He wrote that he would be coming soon
  6. verb write music
    write; compose.
    • Beethoven composed nine symphonies
  7. verb mark or trace on a surface
    write.
    • The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
    • Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
  8. verb record data on a computer
    write; save.
    • boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
  9. verb write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
    write; spell.
    • He spelled the word wrong in this letter
  10. verb create code, write a computer program
    write.
    • She writes code faster than anybody else

WordNet


Wrote intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. wroten. See 1st Root.
Definitions
  1. To root with the snout. See 1st Root. Obs. Chaucer.
Wrote
Definitions
  1. imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.

Webster 1913