write out

verb

wrote out; written out; writing out; writes out

transitive verb

: to write especially in a full and complete form

Examples of write out in a Sentence

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My plan was to watch the first half, get some sleep and then watch the second half in the morning, open up the laptop and write out this section. Zach Harper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 New York’s state Constitution was the only one that originally began with the Declaration of Independence; Jones apparently wrote out the manuscript that Christie’s is selling to take to the state’s ratification convention in 1788. James Barron, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025 Fifty years later, the lewd production has almost entirely been written out of his career. hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 Top official asks if they should be ‘written out of the plot’ Fort Lauderdale condo building for sale. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for write out 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of write out was in the 15th century

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“Write out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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