Akademik

write out
verb
1. put into writing; write in complete form (Freq. 2)
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write out a contract

• Syn: ↑write up
• Topics: ↑writing, ↑authorship, ↑composition, ↑penning
• Hypernyms: ↑write, ↑compose, ↑pen, ↑indite
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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

2. make out and issue
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write out a check

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cut a ticket

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Please make the check out to me

• Syn: ↑issue, ↑make out, ↑cut
• Hypernyms: ↑write
• Hyponyms: ↑check
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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The banks write out the check

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write out [phrasal verb]
1 write (something) out or write out (something)
1 a : to put (something) in writing on a piece of paper

I asked her to write out the directions to her house.

1 b : to write the required information on (a check, receipt, etc.)

I wrote out a check for $200.

The sales clerk wrote us out an invoice.

2 a write (someone) out of : to change a document (such as a will) so that (someone) is not included

She wrote me out of her will.

2 b write (someone) out of (something) or write out (someone) : to remove (a character) from a story by having the character die, disappear, etc.

They wrote her character out of the show at the end of the first season.

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Main Entry: ↑write

Useful english dictionary. 2012.