WRITE OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does write out mean? 

• WRITE OUT (verb)
  The verb WRITE OUT has 2 senses:

1. put into writing; write in complete form

2. make out and issue

  Familiarity information: WRITE OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRITE OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into writing; write in complete form

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

write out; write up

Context example:

write out a contract

Hypernyms (to "write out" is one way to...):

compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)

Domain category:

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he write out his major works over a short period of time?

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make out and issue

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cut; issue; make out; write out

Context example:

Please make the check out to me

Hypernyms (to "write out" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write out"):

check (write out a check on a bank account)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The banks write out the check

 Context examples 

I'd have a stable full of Arabian steeds, rooms piled high with books, and I'd write out of a magic inkstand, so that my works should be as famous as Laurie's music.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)