to write about
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2.1
- phrasal verb
- /raɪt əˈbaʊt/
- In her essay, she decided to write about the impact of climate change on wildlife.
- write about people
- write about books
- write about life
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, because you're writing about people you know.
- You know, because you're writing about people you know.
- Ray Kurzweil wrote about narrow AI versus strong AI.
- And he writes about the light triad.
- That was an essay that I wrote about the hero's journey.
- And So what else is there to write about if not love?
- So as you know, I wrote about that in this book.
- And this was true when I was writing about food and and plants.
- They spent years perfecting those experiments and writing about the results.
- Even if you like writing about sleazy people, that's fine.
- They're being asked to write about violence and racial trauma.
- Literally, as I was writing about Fred, my cell phone rang.
- And someone, someone wrote about it on a blog and it really blew up.
Examples
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They say write about what you know.
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When I sat down to write about that meeting, however, a different story emerged.
Academic text (2011) -
And I, I did choose to write about it a lot.
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So I think I wrote about this in the book.
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And So what else is there to write about if not love?
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So as you know, I wrote about that in this book.
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You should consider writing about your experiences on the front.
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From now on, feel free to write about anything.
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So, what would you write about, if you were going to tell the truth?
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'Well, I always said I never wanted to write about love, 'and then I went and did that anyway.
Synonyms
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3.5
Put information into a complete report
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3.6
To produce texts like articles or books about a subject
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7.8
To speak or write for a long time about a topic
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to compose text concerning a particular topic' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'write' (produce text) with 'about' (concerning a topic). This verb + preposition composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Write about comes from the simple picture of a writer using write to put words about a person, place, or idea. So, if you write about something, you put information or stories 'on that topic'.