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

Recent Examples on the Web Outside the offices, scribes charged a small fee to write out complaints for people who, like Fazul and his mother, were illiterate. Matthieu Aikins Bryan Denton, New York Times, 22 May 2024 Reclaiming the narrative Sara Hess, a lead writer on House of the Dragon with series co-creator Ryan Condal, was interested in exploring the ways women are often written out of history. Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 May 2024 Jorge Mateo isn’t going anywhere — and Kyle Stowers might be back The offseason is time for wild dreams for fans, writing out lineups and 26-man rosters on coffee shop napkins. Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2024 Many people on social media speculated that the woman was reading the phonetic spellings of the names and didn't have the full names written out in their normal spellings. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 May 2024 Biden tries humor on the campaign trail On Friday, checks of up to $250,000 each will be written out to the Biden Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee. Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024 How the character will be written out of the series has yet to be seen. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 That brings us to the current generation of AI systems which are good at solving certain types of mathematics problems written out in words. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024 Telling a story set in a time before she was born and in an era that has been quietly written out of Indonesian history books proved a challenge. Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'write out.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

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

Dictionary Entries Near write out

Cite this Entry

“Write out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write%20out. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!