Translation of "write" - English-Indonesian dictionary

write

verb /rait/ (past tense wrote /rout/, past participle written /ˈritn/)

› to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper

menulis
They wrote their names on a sheet of paper
The child has learned to read and write
Please write in ink.

› to compose the text of (a book, poem etc)

menulis
She wrote a book about dinosaurs.

› to compose a letter (and send it)

menulis
He has written a letter to me about this matter
I’ll write you a long letter about my holiday
I wrote to you last week.
writer noun

› a person who writes, especially for a living

penulis
Dickens was a famous English writer
the writer of this letter.
writing noun

› letters or other forms of script giving the written form of (a) language

tulisan
the Chinese form of writing
I can’t read your writing.
writings noun plural

› the collected books, poems, correspondence etc of a particular (usually famous) person

tulisan
the writings of Plato.
written /ˈritn/ adjective

› in writing

tertulis
a written message.
writing paper noun

› paper for writing letters etc on

kertas tulis
writing paper and envelopes.
write down phrasal verb

› to record in writing

mencatat
She wrote down every word he said.
write out phrasal verb

› to copy or record in writing

menyalin
Write this exercise out in your neatest handwriting.

(Translation of “write” from the PASSWORD English–Indonesian Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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