| Main Entry: | indite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write |
Synonyms: |
compose, dictate, pen |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
Synonyms: |
author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
Synonyms: |
call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up |
| Main Entry: | draw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draft document |
Synonyms: |
compose, formulate, frame, indite, make, prepare, write, write out |
| Main Entry: | formulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, specify systematically |
Synonyms: |
codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up, dream up, evolve, express, forge, frame, give form to, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, particularize, phrase, prepare, put, set down, systematize, vamp, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | frame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compose, plan |
Synonyms: |
block out, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, draft, draw up, dream up, form, formulate, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up, map out, outline, prepare, shape, sketch, vamp, write |
| Main Entry: | inscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imprint, write |
Synonyms: |
book, carve, cut, engrave, engross, etch, impress, indite, list, record, register, scribe |
| Main Entry: | record |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write down; store information |
Synonyms: |
book, can*, catalog, chalk up, chronicle, copy, cut, cut a track, document, dub, enroll, enter, enumerate, file, indite, inscribe, insert, jot down, keep account, lay down, list, log, make a recording, mark, mark down, matriculate, note, post, preserve, put down, put in writing, put on file, put on paper, put on tape, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, transcribe, video*, videotape, wax, write in |
| Main Entry: | write |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put language down on paper |
Synonyms: |
address, author, autograph, bang out, chalk, commit, communicate, comp, compose, copy, correspond, create, dash off, draft, draw up, drop a line, drop a note, engross, formulate, ghost, indite, ink, inscribe, jot down, knock off, knock out, letter, note, note down, pen, pencil, print, push a pencil, put in writing, record, reproduce, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, scribe, scriven, set down, set forth, sign, take down, tell, transcribe, turn out, typewrite, write down, write up |
Antonyms: |
read |
| Concept: | Record. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste., monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento (memory); testimonial, medal; commemoration (celebration)., record, note, minute; register, registry; roll (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch (mark); muniment, deed (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate (evidence)., notebook, memorandumbook, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings., gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook, petty cashbook., archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records., registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment; tabulation; entry, booking; signature (identification); recorder; journalism.
-verbs
record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory (remember); commemorate (celebrate); report (inform); commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minutes, take memorandum; make a return., mark (indicate); sign (attest)., enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll; file (store).
-adverbs
on record.
-phrases
exegi monumentum aere perennium [Horace]; "read their history in a nation's eyes" [Gray] ; "records that defy the tooth of time" [Young].
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Antonyms: |
obliteration |
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