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write
Verb
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If you write a book, an article, a computer program, a piece of music, etc., you create it.
My dream is to write a children's book.
Mozart wrote over 600 pieces of music during his lifetime.
He can't write. He's a terrible writer.
In the article, the author writes that these things need to change.
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If you write, you use letters, numbers, or other marks on paper or on a computer to show words.
Can you write your name and phone number here for me?
Our teacher taught us to write beautifully.
It's amazing how many people can't read and write.
Do you have any paper to write on?
Listen to what I say and write it down.
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If you write, you send a letter to someone.
Please, phone or write me when you have some time.
She would write to Mom every week and give her all the details.
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(computer) If a computer writes, it records something in its memory or on a disk.
Old computers were much slower at writing files.
back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.