Collocations for "written"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "written" in context.
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write
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- write a [book, novel, poem]
- write an [essay, article]
- write for [children, adults, teens]
- write [fiction, nonfiction]
- write for [a living, pleasure]
- wrote [1000 words, four pages]
- write in [English]
- write about your [day, experiences]
- write about the [war, discovery]
- write down your [ideas, thoughts, reactions]
- write a review on [the store, your experience]
- write up a [review, response, report, ticket, complaint]
- write to [request, apply]
- I am writing to [complain, inquire]
- I am writing to [congratulate, thank, inform] you
- write (to) me from [college, China]
- write to you every [day, week]
- write to your [parents, friends]
- learn to read and write
- write and [sign, read]
- write [in cursive, joined up]
- write [neatly, messily, clearly, illegibly, longhand]
- write on [the paper, a sticky note, your hand]
- write down your [name, title, ideas]
- write it down [on, in]
- write off a [debt, loan, car]
- the [debt] was written off
'written' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Greek
- Japanese
- November
- Swedish
- above
- acceptance
- accord
- act
- alternatively
- anthem
- apology
- approval
- arabic
- argument
- article
- authorization
- bulk
- card
- chapter
- clerk
- code
- colon
- combination
- comprehension
- consent
- correction
- daily
- disclaimer
- distinctive
- distribute
- drama
- endorsement
- entirely
- essay
- exam
- expense
- explicit
- express
- extremely
- fluently
- forehead
- foreword
- grievance
- gutter
- hastily