writ of prohibition
— Noun
– English
~ a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
writ of error
— Noun
– English
~ a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
writ of right
— Noun
– English
~ a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner
writ large
— Adjective
– English
~ made more obvious or prominent; "the effect of...his irregular life could be seen writ large on his gaunt features"
write-in
— Noun
– English
~ a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
write-off
— Noun
– English
~ the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
write-off
— Noun
– English
~ (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
write up
— Noun
– English
~ a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
write-down
— Noun
– English
~ (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
write-in
— Noun
– English
~ a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
write-in candidate
— Noun
– English
~ a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
write in
— Verb
– English
~ write to an organization; "Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"
write
— Verb
– English
~ write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
write about
— Verb
– English
~ write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"
write in code
— Verb
– English
~ convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
write on
— Verb
– English
~ write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"
write out
— Verb
– English
~ put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"
write of
— Verb
– English
~ write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"
write off
— Verb
– English
~ concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"
write
— Verb
– English
~ 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"