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Dec 1, 2009
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Synonyms for written

Verb

1. write, compose, pen, indite, create verbally, write out
usage: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
2. write, communicate, intercommunicate
usage: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
3. publish, write, create verbally
usage: have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
4. write, drop a line, correspond
usage: communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
5. write, communicate, intercommunicate
usage: communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
6. compose, write, make, create
usage: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
7. write, trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
usage: mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
8. write, record, tape
usage: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
9. spell, write
usage: 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"

Adjective

1. written (vs. spoken), backhand, left-slanting, cursive, engrossed, graphic, graphical, in writing(predicate), handwritten, inscribed, longhand, printed, scrivened, shorthand, transcribed, typed, typewritten, holographic, scrawled, scripted#1, written
usage: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence"
2. written (vs. unwritten), codified, statute(predicate)
usage: systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
3. scripted (vs. unscripted), written
usage: written as for a film or play or broadcast
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