authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office"

create verbally - create with or from words

lyric - write lyrics for (a song)

write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"

profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher

paragraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper"

write off - write something fluently, and without hesitation

dash off, fling off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper"

rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"

write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"

dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"

author - be the author of; "She authored this play"

annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"

reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

write in - write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"

style - make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript"

apostrophise, apostrophize - use an apostrophe

cypher, encipher, encode, encrypt, cipher, write in code, code, inscribe - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

rewrite - write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis"

sign, subscribe - mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"

dot - make a dot or dots

type, typewrite - write by means of a keyboard with types; "type the acceptance letter, please"

handwrite - write by hand; "You should handwrite the note to your guests"

jot, jot down - write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

scribble, scrabble - write down quickly without much attention to detail

drop a line, write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"

set down, write down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

make out, write out, issue, cut - make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

write up - bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?"

create verbally - create with or from words

indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

correspond - exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years"

write - communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

drop a line, write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

counterpoint - write in counterpoint; "Bach perfected the art of counterpointing"

set to music - write (music) for (a text)

arrange, set - adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

score - write a musical score for

melodise, melodize - supply a melody for

harmonise, harmonize - write a harmony for

instrumentate, instrument - write an instrumental score for

trace, draw, line, delineate, describe - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

stenograph - write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation"

calligraph - write beautifully and ornamentally

cross - trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"

superscribe - write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"

superscribe - write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"

capitalise, capitalize - write in capital letters

letter - mark letters on or mark with letters

print - write as if with print; not cursive

scrawl, scribble - write carelessly

copy - copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

print, impress - reproduce by printing

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"

overwrite - write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file"

hyphen, hyphenate - divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"