write out

verb

wrote out; written out; writing out; writes out

transitive verb

: to write especially in a full and complete form

Examples of write out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So yes, those two being written out of the story of country music’s start is personal to Randall, an energy that drives her through her exploration of her own story. Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024 Some 1,700 years ago, a scribe living at a monastery in Egypt wrote out two complete books of the Bible over a 40-year period. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024 Without being overly rigid, write out what the special time looks like. Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024 This is the extraordinary story of a tournament witnessed by record crowds that has been written out of sporting history… until now. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024 Rumors of his leaving began in September 2023, when The Sun reported that Rix’s character being written out of the show shocked his castmates. Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024 In mixed chat groups, pictures and videos get pixelated, messages can take longer to send or not send at all, and reactions are written out instead of displayed as reaction icons, among many other annoying issues. Jody Serrano, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2024 Some aspects of Kenyan culture were present: on the wall of a second-grade classroom, the Kiswahili alphabet was written out next to the English one. Emma Green, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 For years, booking a traditional moving company has meant inviting countless strangers into your home to nose through your belongings, write out itemized lists, and take inventory for each company — and that’s all just to get a quote. Chris Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of write out was in the 15th century

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“Write out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20out. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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