write – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of write

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to write away
Participle: written away
Gerund: writing away

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of write

Indicative

Present

Iwrite away
youwrite away
he;she;itwrites away
wewrite away
youwrite away
theywrite away

Perfect

Ihave written away; wrote away; writ away
youhave written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;ithas written away; wrote away; writ away
wehave written away; wrote away; writ away
youhave written away; wrote away; writ away
theyhave written away; wrote away; writ away

Past

Iwrote away
youwrote away
he;she;itwrote away
wewrote away
youwrote away
theywrote away

Pluperfect

Ihad written away; wrote away; writ away
youhad written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;ithad written away; wrote away; writ away
wehad written away; wrote away; writ away
youhad written away; wrote away; writ away
theyhad written away; wrote away; writ away

Future

Iwill write away
youwill write away
he;she;itwill write away
wewill write away
youwill write away
theywill write away

Future Perfect

Iwill have written away; wrote away; writ away
youwill have written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;itwill have written away; wrote away; writ away
wewill have written away; wrote away; writ away
youwill have written away; wrote away; writ away
theywill have written away; wrote away; writ away

Subjunctive

Present

Iwrite away
youwrite away
he;she;itwrite away
wewrite away
youwrite away
theywrite away

Perfect

Ihave written away; wrote away; writ away
youhave written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;ithave written away; wrote away; writ away
wehave written away; wrote away; writ away
youhave written away; wrote away; writ away
theyhave written away; wrote away; writ away

Imperfect

Iwrote away
youwrote away
he;she;itwrote away
wewrote away
youwrote away
theywrote away

Pluperfect

Ihad written away; wrote away; writ away
youhad written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;ithad written away; wrote away; writ away
wehad written away; wrote away; writ away
youhad written away; wrote away; writ away
theyhad written away; wrote away; writ away

Conditional

Present

Iwould write away
youwould write away
he;she;itwould write away
wewould write away
youwould write away
theywould write away

Perfect

Iwould have written away; wrote away; writ away
youwould have written away; wrote away; writ away
he;she;itwould have written away; wrote away; writ away
wewould have written away; wrote away; writ away
youwould have written away; wrote away; writ away
theywould have written away; wrote away; writ away

Imperative

youwrite away
weLet's write away
youwrite away

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam writing away
youare writing away
he;she;itis writing away
weare writing away
youare writing away
theyare writing away

Perfect

Ihave been writing away
youhave been writing away
he;she;ithas been writing away
wehave been writing away
youhave been writing away
theyhave been writing away

Past

Iwas writing away
youwere writing away
he;she;itwas writing away
wewere writing away
youwere writing away
theywere writing away

Pluperfect

Ihad been writing away
youhad been writing away
he;she;ithad been writing away
wehad been writing away
youhad been writing away
theyhad been writing away

Future

Iwill be writing away
youwill be writing away
he;she;itwill be writing away
wewill be writing away
youwill be writing away
theywill be writing away

Future Perfect

Iwill have been writing away
youwill have been writing away
he;she;itwill have been writing away
wewill have been writing away
youwill have been writing away
theywill have been writing away

Conditional

Present

Iwould be writing away
youwould be writing away
he;she;itwould be writing away
wewould be writing away
youwould be writing away
theywould be writing away

Perfect

Iwould have been writing away
youwould have been writing away
he;she;itwould have been writing away
wewould have been writing away
youwould have been writing away
theywould have been writing away

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'write'

overwrite, rewrite, smite, typewrite, underwrite, write,

Verbs similar to 'write'

waite, white, wite, writhe, wrote, arise, bite, bribe, bride, brine,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

form letters, words or symbols in order to communicate
scribble
send (a letter) to
post
fill in, complete
sit
to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
handwrite
to compose text
pen
inscribe
engross, scrawl, scribe, sign, print, letter, indite
compose
draft, formulate, record

Antonyms

compose
discompose, disarrange, scatter, disperse

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. writan "to score, outline, draw the figure of," later "to set down in writing" (class I strong verb; past tense wrat, pp. writen), from P.Gmc. *writanan "tear, scratch" (cf. O.Fris. writa "to write," O.S. writan "to tear, scratch, write," O.N. rita "write, scratch, outline," O.H.G. rizan "to write, scratch, tear," Ger. reißen "to tear, pull, tug, sketch, draw, design"), outside connections doubtful. Words for "write" in most I.E languages originally mean "carve, scratch, cut" (cf. L. scribere, Gk. grapho, Skt. rikh-); a few originally meant "paint" (cf. Goth. meljan, O.C.S. pisati, and most of the modern Slavic cognates).
"For men use to write an evill turne in marble stone, but a good turne in the dust." [More, 1513]
To write (something) off (1682) originally was from accounting; fig. sense is recorded from 1889. Write-in "unlisted candidate" is recorded from 1932.
2. From Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
3. Cognate with West Frisian write (“to wear by rubbing, rip, tear”), Dutch wrijten (“to argue, quarrel”), Middle Low German wrîten (“to scratch, draw, write”) (> Low German wrieten, rieten (“to tear, split”)), German reißen (“to tear, rip”), Norwegian rita (“to rough-sketch, carve, write”), Swedish rita (“to draw, design, delineate, model”), Icelandic ríta, rita (“to inscribe, sketch, write”), German ritzen (“to carve, scratch”), Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve, engrave, dig”), Polish ryć (“to engrave, dig”), Czech rýt (“to engrave, dig”). See also rit and rat. See: Middle English 'writen', Proto-Germanic '*wrītaną', Dutch 'wrijten', Low Saxon 'wrieten', German, old spelling 'reißen', Swedish 'rita', Icelandic 'rita', German, old spelling 'ritzen', Proto-Slavic '*ryti', Polish 'ryć', Czech 'rýt'.

Verbs referencing "write"

German, old spelling reißen, Albanian shkruaj, Tok Pisin raitim.

Sample Sentences

  • She was seated in a little enclosure, made by school-desks and forms, writing her daily journal. But soon finishing this pursuit, she engaged in an animated conversation with a teacher who sat beside her. This was a favourite mistress with the poor pupil. If she could see [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I have extracted a few disjointed fragments of her history, from an account, written by that one man who has made her what she is. It is a very beautiful and touching narrative; and I wish I could present it entire. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘“ But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and accuracy with which she reads the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following every movement of their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘“ But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and accuracy with which she reads the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following every movement of their fingers, as letter after letter conveys their meaning to her mind. It is in this way that she converses with her [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Such are a few fragments from the simple but most interesting and instructive history of Laura Bridgman. The name of her great benefactor and friend, who writes it, is Dr. Howe. There are not many persons, I hope and believe, who, after reading these passages, can ever hear that name with indifference. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I turned over the leaves of her Diary, and found it written in a fair legible square hand, and expressed in terms which were quite intelligible without any explanation. On my saying that I should like to see her write again, the teacher who sat beside her, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] thrice. In doing so, I observed that she kept her left hand always touching, and following up, her right, in which, of course, she held the pen. No line was indicated by any contrivance, but she wrote straight and freely. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Boston. I was much surprised at first, too, to observe that the counsel who interrogated the witness under examination at the time, did so sitting. But seeing that he was also occupied in writing down the answers, and remembering that he was alone and had no ‘junior, ’ I quickly consoled myself with the reflection that law was not quite so expensive an article here, as at home; and that the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the inquiry still further, and found that the Transcendentalists are followers of my friend Mr. Carlyle, or I should rather say, of a follower of his, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson. This gentleman has written a volume of Essays, in which, among much that is dreamy and fanciful (if he will pardon me for saying so ), there is much more that is true and manly, honest and bold. Transcendentalism has its [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Secondly, nearly all these young ladies subscribe to circulating libraries. Thirdly, they have got up among themselves a periodical called THE LOWELL OFFERING, ‘A repository of original articles, written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills,’—which is duly printed, published, and sold; and whereof I brought away from Lowell four hundred good solid pages, which I have read from [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • You know, Hemingway wrote, " The world breaks everyone, (The Crow)
  • [Claire] Dear friends, fifty years ago, I went to Juliet's house in Verona. I wrote her a letter and I asked her a question. (Letters to Juliet)
  • I thought that's what I wrote in the scratch, all these years. (This Is the Zodiac Speaking)
  • the kid had hit written all over him. (Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)