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writes out

writes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of write out.

Meaning of write out

Verb

write out (third-person singular simple present writes out, present participle writing out, simple past wrote out, past participle written out)

  1. (transitive) To write at full length or in expanded form.
    • Don't use abbreviations; write out words!
  2. (transitive) To write or fill out (a ticket or citation).
  3. (broadly, transitive) To exclude from a narrative or history.
    • The temperance movement was driven by women, but we let ourselves be written out of that because it gave us a bad name.2018 April 11, Zoe Williams, “What's the best way to get written out of history? Be a middle-aged woman”, in The Guardian
  4. (broadly, transitive) To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).
    • “Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional on set and as we have previously stated, he is not being written out of the show,” 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment said in a joint statement released on Wednesday.2019 February 20, Sopan Deb, “Fox Stands by Jussie Smollett: ‘He Is Not Being Written Out of the Show’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  5. (intransitive) To exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing.

Questions about writes out

What is writes out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Writes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of write out.

Words near writes out in the dictionary

  1. writes for the drawer
  2. writes in
  3. writes itself
  4. writes off
  5. writes one's own ticket
  6. writes out
  7. writes over
  8. writes the book
  9. writes up
  10. writest
  11. writeth

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