Phrase Hound found 51 phrases and 47 compound words that contain write. The most common are listed below. Open write in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 51
- write-downAlternative form of writedown: An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.
- write-offThe cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
- write-upA written account of something, as a record.
- read-writeSupporting both read and write operations.
- write outTo write at full length or in expanded form.
- Write access
- write the bookTo be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.
- write-onlyCapable of being written but not read.
- write-backAlternative form of writeback: An operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.
- Just Write
- write-aroundBeing or relating to a kind of cache where data at the location of a missed write is not loaded to cache, but written directly to the backing store. Data is loaded into the cache on read misses only.
- write-throughAlternative form of writethrough: An operation in which data written to a cache is then immediately copied to permanent storage, ensuring that cache and storage are always in agreement.
- write onceOf a type of storage technology in which data, once written, cannot be erased or modified.
- ghost-writeAlternative form of ghostwrite: To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- re-writeAlternative form of rewrite: The act of writing again or anew.
- co-writeAlternative spelling of cowrite: To write in collaboration with another person
- quick-writeA short piece of writing, typically a few sentences long, assigned to students to help them to summarize a concept.
- write overTo save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.
- write-only memoryA type of computer memory to which data can be written, but from which it cannot be read.
- write headThat part of several electromechanical devices that converts electrical signals into digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium
- cross writeTo write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.
- nothing to write home aboutNot exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.
- write-what-whereBeing or relating to a security vulnerability allowing the attacker to write arbitrary data to an arbitrary location.
- write-insplural of write-in: A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot.
- write itself(of a written work or fictional characters) being easy for the author to write or expand upon
Compound words 47
- writingGraphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- writtenOf, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
- writerA person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".
- writebackAn operation in which data previously read into a cache is written back to permanent storage.
- handwriteTo write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
- bewriteTo write about; describe.
- unwriteTo erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
- writoAn error made when writing by hand.
- writeblrThe community of writers and creative writing-related blogs on Tumblr.
- outwriteTo write more or better than.