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schreiben — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  • message noun A piece of information sent from one person to another, whether spoken, written, or electronic.
  • missive noun A written message; a letter, note or memo.
  • scribe noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
  • spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
  • write verb To form letters, words, or symbols on a surface in order to record or communicate information.
  • writing noun The activity or skill of forming letters or symbols to represent language.

Senses

schreiben is used for these senses in English:

  • book (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
  • missive (formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.
  • scribe To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
  • spell (intransitive, transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word. [from 16th c.]
  • write (transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
  • write (intransitive) To be an author.
  • write (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
  • writing (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

book — full definition

  1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
  3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
  4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
  5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

message — full definition

  1. noun A piece of information sent from one person to another, whether spoken, written, or electronic.
  2. noun The main idea or lesson that a story, speech, or piece of art is trying to convey.
  3. verb To send someone a message, especially by text or online chat.

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