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write(2) (iou) and inorganic compound (sh)


write(2) (iou)



write verb. .
[Old English writan corresp. to Old Frisian writa score, write, Old Saxon writan cut, write, Old High German rian tear, draw (German reissen sketch, tear, pull, drag), Old Norse rita score, write, from Germanic base of unkn. origin.]
I. verb trans.
a. Score, outline, or draw the shape of (a thing). OE-L16.
b. Form (letters, symbols, or words) by carving, engraving, etc.; trace in or on a hard or plastic surface, esp. with a sharp instrument; record in this way. Now chiefly as passing into sense 2a. OE.
British Museum Magazine The cuneiform inscription is written in the Babylonian language. fig.: Byron Roll on, thou..dark blue Ocean!..Time writes no wrinkle on thy azure brow.
c. Carve, engrave, or trace letters or words on (a hard or plastic surface). Now rare or obsolete. ME.
d. fig. Indicate clearly or unmistakably (some personal condition or quality). Usu. in pass. E17.
I. Hay It must be written all over me...You are right..I'm in love. E. Welty The young man saw him examine it..with wonder written all over his face.
a. Form or mark (a letter, characters, words, etc.) on paper etc. with a pen, pencil, typewriter, etc. Later also, produce (a specified kind or style of handwriting). OE.
b. Cover, fill, or mark (a paper, sheet, etc.) with Writing. ME.
c. Enter or record (a name) with a pen etc.; arch. mention (a person) in this way. ME.
Set down in Writing; express or present (words, thoughts, feelings, etc.) in written form. OE.
S. Richardson My heart is full, and I can't help Writing my mind. C. Reeve I will get these instructions wrote in a proper form.
b. Paint (a message or sign). LME.
c. Computing. Enter (an item of data) in, into, on, or to a storage medium (esp. a disk or tape) or a location in store; enter data in or on (a storage medium). M20.
d. Of a recording device: produce (a graphical record). M20.
a. State, relate, describe, depict, or treat in Writing; compose or produce a written statement, chronicle, or record of (circumstances, events, etc.). OE.
Shakespeare Sonnets If I could write the Beauty of your eyes. T. S. Eliot The great poet, in Writing himself, writes his time.
b. Convey (news etc.) by letter; communicate (information etc.) in Writing. LME.
Shakespeare Coriolanus Have you..perused What I have written to you? E. Bowen Anna wrote thanks to Rodney.
c. Decree, ordain, or enjoin in Writing. Usu. in pass. M16.
G. Borrow 'It was not so written,' said Antonio, who..was a fatalist.
Compose and set down on paper (a literary composition, narrative, verse, etc.); spec. compose and set down (a text, report, article, novel, etc.) for written or printed reproduction or publication. OE.
O. W. Holmes The style of..'Prelude' shows that it was written under cerebral excitement. Day Lewis Short stories and sketches she had written for parish magazines. D. Healey Wordsworth wrote a sonnet to Milton.
b. Compose and set down (Music, a melody, etc.) in notes. L17.
a. Draw up, draft (a document, Writing, etc.); put into proper written form. Also, insert (a provision etc.) into a law, agreement, etc. OE.
Time The coffee-break has been written into union contracts. Chicago Tribune The energy bill will be written by a Senate-House conference.
b. Compose and commit to paper (a letter, note, etc.); communicate with a person by (letter etc.). Later also (now US or colloq.), write and send a letter to (a person). OE.
M. Moore The young man..writ her a polite note. M. Mitchell An old gentleman..wrote me in sorrow because Belle did not have a parrot.
c. Fill in, complete, (a cheque etc.) with Writing. M19.
Spell (a word, name, etc.) in a specified or particular manner in Writing. ME.
R. Duppa In this MS..Virgil is uniformly written Vergil.
a. (Be able to) use (a particular language) in Writing. ME.
b. Use (a name, word, etc.) in designating oneself. Now rare or obsolete exc. as in sense 9. L16.
Designate (a person, oneself) as something in Writing, set down as; style, call, or term in Writing. arch. LME.
Bible (AV): Jeremiah 22:30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childlesse. A. Trollope He took his degree, and wrote himself B.A.
b. Bring or reduce (a person, esp. oneself) to a specified state by Writing. M18.
Thackeray You have..written yourself out of five hundred a-year.
a. = UNDERWRITE verb 2b. L19.
b. Stock Exchange. Make (an option) available for purchase by creating a contract; enter into (an option contract) with a buyer. M20.
Sit, take, (a written examination). Chiefly S. Afr. M20.
II. verb intrans.
Carve, trace, or engrave letters in, on, or upon a hard or plastic surface. OE.
Form or mark words, characters, etc. with a pen, pencil, etc.; produce Writing, esp. of a specified kind or style. OE.
T. Gray My having at last found a Pen that writes. J. Buchan He sat down..and wrote to my dictation.
b. Print by means of a typewriter etc.; typewrite. L19.
c. Computing. Enter data into a storage medium (esp. a disk or tape) or a location in store. M20.
Compose or produce a literary composition, report, book, or Other text (of, on, or about a subject, person, etc.); practise literary composition; engage in authorship. Later also, work as a clerk, amanuensis, or (now usu.) a journalist, professional writer, etc. OE.
H. Brodkey Her third husband, a..novelist from Montana, wrote for the movies between novels. A. Bell Lord Glenbervie, who wrote disapprovingly of Sydney Smith in his Diaries. P. Bailey 'What I Did In My Holidays' was the subject my classmates and I were asked to write about.
b. Compose and set down Music, a melody, etc. L17.
Compose and commit to paper a letter, note, etc.; compose and send a letter to a person, organization, etc.; communicate information in Writing (freq. foll. by to do); conduct correspondence. L16.
R. C. Lehmann Tell Mary she hasn't written for an age. Lancet We write to draw attention to Von Foerster's paper. G. Daly Gabriel wrote to his little sister praising Lizzie.
Phrases: nothing to write Home about, not much to write Home about: see Home adverb. write oneself man, write oneself woman arch. reach one's majority, attain maturity or a specified age. write one's own ticket: see TICKET noun. writ large in magnified, emphasized, or elaborated form.
With adverbs in specialized senses: write down (a) commit to or record in Writing, note down; (b) designate or reveal (a person, oneself) as; (c) disparage, depreciate, or decry in Writing; (d) reduce the nominal value of (an account, stock, assets, etc.); (e) write as though for readers of inferior intelligence or taste, adapt one's literary style to such readers. write in (a) insert (a fact, statement, etc.) in Writing; (b) send (a suggestion, query, etc.) in written form to an organization; (c) (orig. & chiefly US) insert (the name of an unlisted person) on a ballot-paper as the candidate of one's choice. write off (a) note the deduction of (money) in a financial statement, esp. cancel the record of (a bad Debt etc.), acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover (an asset); (b) fig. dismiss from consideration as insignificant, irrelevant, a hopeless failure, etc.; (c) compose (a letter etc.) with facility; (d) damage (a vehicle etc.) beyond repair. write out (a) make a transcription or fair copy of, copy out; transcribe in full or detail, as from brief notes or shorthand; (b) exhaust oneself by excessive Writing; (c) eliminate, or contrive the temporary absence of, (a character, etc., in a long-running Radio or Television serial) by Writing an appropriate story-line. write up (a) write a full account, statement, description, or record of (something); elaborate in Writing; (b) commend or praise in Writing; (c) make entries to bring (a diary, report, etc.) up to date, complete (a record) in Writing.
Comb.: write-back the process of restoring to profit a provision for bad or doubtful debts previously made against profits and no longer required; write-down a reduction in the estimated or nominal value of stock, assets, etc.; write-in (a) (orig. & chiefly US) (a vote for) an unlisted candidate written in by a voter on a ballot-paper; (b) a demonstration of public opinion in the form of mass letters of protest; write-off (a) the cancellation from an account of a bad Debt, worthless asset, etc.; a Debt or asset so treated; (b) an object, esp. a vehicle, so badly damaged as to not be worth repair; (c) a worthless or ineffectual person or thing, a failure; write-once adjective (Computing) designating a memory or storage device (esp. an optical one) on which data, once written, cannot be modified; write-permit ring Computing a ring which has to be inserted in the hub of a tape reel before the tape can be written to or erased; write-protect verb & adjective (Computing) (a) verb trans. protect (a disk) from accidental Writing or erasure, as by removing the cover from a notch in its envelope; (b) adjective designating such a notch etc.; write-up orig., a written account in commendation of a person or thing; now esp. a (favourable or unfavourable) journalistic account or review.
writable adjective (a) able to be written or set down in Writing; (b) suitable for Writing with: L18.
writative adjective (now rare) disposed to write, given to Writing M18.
writee noun (rare) a person for whom something is written, a reader E17.

inorganic compound (sh)




Any substance in which two or more chemical elements Other than carbon are combined, nearly always in definite proportions (see bonding), as well as some compounds containing carbon but lacking carbon-carbon bonds (e.g., carbonates, cyanides).

Inorganic compounds may be classified by the elements or groups they contain (e.g., oxides, sulfates). The major classes of inorganic polymers are silicones, silanes, silicates, and borates. Coordination compounds (or complexes), an important subclass of inorganic compounds, consist of molecules with a central metal atom (usually a transition element) bonded to one or more nonmetallic ligands (inorganic, organic, or both) and are often intensely coloured. See also organic compound.