English > pen: 6 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | produce a literary work. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | Did he pen his major works over a short period of time? |
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| Synonyms | write, compose, indite |
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| Category | writing, authorship, composition, penning | The act of creating written works |
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| Entails | spell, write | Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) |
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| Narrower | annotate, footnote | add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments |
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| author | Be the author of |
| dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off | Write quickly |
| draft, outline | draw up an outline or sketch for something |
| dramatize, dramatise, adopt | put into dramatic form |
| draw | Write a legal document or paper |
| lyric | Write lyrics for (a song) |
| paragraph | Write paragraphs |
| paragraph | write about in a paragraph |
| profile | write about |
| reference, cite | refer to |
| rewrite | rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose |
| script | Write a script for |
| verse, versify, poetize, poetise | Compose verses or put into verse |
| write copy | Write for commercial publications |
| write off | Write something fluently, and without hesitation |
| write on, write of, write about | Write about a particular topic |
| write out, write up | put into writing |
| Broader | create verbally | create with or from words |
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| Spanish | componer, escribir, integrar, redactar |
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| Catalan | compondre, escriure, integrar, redactar |
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| Nouns | pen | a writing implement with a point from which ink flows |
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| penning | the act of creating written works |
