Meanings
verbsongwrite (third-person singular simple present songwrites, present participle songwriting, simple past songwrote, past participle songwritten)
present singular third person songwrites · participle present songwriting · past songwrote · participle past songwritten
- intransitiveentertainmentTo compose songs.
Want to songwrite but I don’t know where to start.
2021 April 26, u/MccDann, Reddit1 more example
“I can’t not songwrite, be singing, performing. I have friends who have been in it and left it on purpose, but I think I’ll never know unless I try.”
2020 November 2, Clementine Daniel, “Students who Songwrite”, in The Urban Legend
Origin
Back-formation from songwriter.
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APA
songwrite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/songwrite
MLA
“songwrite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/songwrite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “songwrite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/songwrite.
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