That was well writ.
Source: tatoeba (3279464)
Writ
//ɹɪt//
Synonyms for "writ" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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More general
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
form of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- нареждане noun (a written order)
- писание noun (that which is written)
- предписание noun (a written order)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 令狀 /令状 noun (a written order)
Czech
4 entries- mandát noun (authority, power to enforce compliance)
- pověření noun (authority, power to enforce compliance)
- písemnost noun (that which is written)
- písemný příkaz noun (a written order)
Dutch
3 entries- bevelschrift noun (a written order)
- dwangbevel noun (a written order)
- gerechterlijke opdracht noun (a written order)
Finnish
2 entries- kirjoitus noun (that which is written)
- oikeuden määräys noun (a written order)
French
2 entries- ordonnance noun (a written order)
- écrit noun (that which is written)
German
4 entries- Erlaß noun (a written order)
- Gerichtsurkunde noun (a written order)
- Verfügung noun (a written order)
- Zwangsbefehl noun (a written order)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 noun (that which is written)
Hindi
1 entries- विधि noun (a written order)
Hungarian
4 entries- bírói végzés noun (a written order)
- bírósági végzés noun (a written order)
- hivatalos okirat noun (a written order)
- végzés noun (a written order)
Italian
4 entries- ingiunzione noun (a written order)
- intimazione noun (a written order)
- mandato noun (a written order)
- ordinanza noun (a written order)
Japanese
1 entries- 令状 noun (a written order)
K'iche'
1 entries- tz'ib'atalik noun (that which is written)
Korean
1 entries- 영장 noun (a written order)
Māori
2 entries- tāmana noun (a written order)
- whakahau-ā-pukapuka noun (a written order)
Polish
2 entries- nakaz sądowy noun (a written order)
- pismo noun (that which is written)
Portuguese
2 entries- escrito noun (that which is written)
- mandado noun (a written order)
Russian
2 entries- прика́з noun (a written order)
- распоряже́ние суда́ noun (a written order)
Spanish
4 entries- auto noun (a written order)
- decreto judicial noun (a written order)
- escripto noun (that which is written)
- escrito noun (that which is written)
Swedish
2 entries- skrift noun (that which is written)
- skrivelse noun (a written order)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.
Source: tatoeba (5225017)
Today we issue this writ, so that future generations may be free from persecution and domination.
Source: tatoeba (10693832)
Much of the country remains in the grip of powerful local warlords with private armies to enforce their writ.
Source: tatoeba (11448399)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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