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wrote

v.
A1 Beginner US //ˈɹoʊt// UK //ɹˈəʊt// wrote Dialect Informal

v. the past tense of write. You use this to say that you put words on paper or a screen in the past.

v. the past tense of the irregular verb write. Functions as the simple past form to indicate the completion of a written act.


SIMPLE

She wrote a long letter to her friend yesterday.

CONTEXTUAL

The author wrote her first novel while living in a small apartment in Paris during the 1990s.

COMPLEX

Although he wrote several drafts of the speech, none of them captured the exact tone of reconciliation he hoped to convey to the board.

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Usage

Irregular past tense form; does not take the '-ed' suffix.

Pitfall

He writed a book.He wrote a book.Write is an irregular verb; the past tense is 'wrote', not 'writed'.

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