to write out
- phrasal verb
- /raɪt aʊt/
- Before submitting the form, you must write out your full name and address clearly.
- write out your questions
- write out checks
Let me stand back up, write out my intentions and go.
- Let me stand back up, write out my intentions and go.
- I want you to write out, just begin writing out a new money story.
- This person will take the time to typically write out a very lengthy profile.
- I didn't learn to write out a morning routine to live by.
- But instead of writing out her name, she just drew an axe.
- They're my gym has them and my coach will write out a workout for me.
- Oh, you're teaching me how to create a documentary or write out a story doc.
Examples
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At the beginning of each project, we wrote out the steps of the creative process and reviewed them.
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Gentlemen, if you'll wait a minute, I'll be glad to write out a statement.
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Second step, write out all of these X terms here.
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And so she wrote out her feelings, a process we teach.
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We have to start writing out those place cards after we eat.
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We wrote out a check to these companies.
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Go and write out each of their names 50 times.
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Now for this problem, let's just write out what our rules are.
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Detective Nugent will stay while you write out your statement.
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Let's face it, music teachers don't always take the time to write out daily lesson plans or objectives.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
Put letters and words onto a surface using a pen or keyboard
To write all the needed information on a form
Put information on paper to help you remember it later
To explain something clearly and in detail
To explain something clearly and in detail
Write the information asked for on a form
To write something down on paper or a screen
To write all needed information on a form or document
Put information into a complete report
To state something clearly in writing or speech
To write down spoken words or notes in full
To write words or information so they are recorded
To write something carefully, often a long text
To write final details with a pen so they cannot be changed
Write or type something exactly as it looks in another place
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'to write something completely or in detail' is directly derivable from combining 'write' with the particle 'out', where 'out' commonly conveys a sense of completion or full expression in verb+particle constructions. This compositional pattern is frequent and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb write out may come from the picture of putting words out of your mind by writing them down on paper so they are fully shown. That's why it means 'to write something completely or in detail'.