writing
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that writes.
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to commit one's thoughts to writing.
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that which is written; written; characters or matter written written with a pen or the like.
His writing is illegible.
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such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.
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an inscription.
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a letter.
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any written written or printed paper, as a document or deed.
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literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc..
Her writing is stilted.
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a literary composition or production.
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the profession of a writer.
He turned to writing at an early age.
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the Writings, Hagiographa.
idioms
noun
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a group of letters or symbols written or marked on a surface as a means of communicating ideas by making each symbol stand for an idea, concept, or thing, by using each symbol to represent a set of sounds grouped into syllables ( syllabic writing ), or by regarding each symbol as corresponding roughly or exactly to each of the sounds in the language ( alphabetic writing ) See also ideogram
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short for handwriting
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anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition
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the work of a writer
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literary style, art, or practice
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written form
give it to me in writing
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(modifier) related to or used in writing
writing ink
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a sign or signs of approaching disaster
Other Word Forms
- self-writing adjective
- unwriting adjective
Etymology
Origin of writing
Example Sentences
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Most of Huang’s vocal writing, to suit the text, is conversational; half the time he has prepared you to predict what note comes next.
From Los Angeles Times
The Lane County Sheriff’s Office accuses Bryan of violating that order, writing he was “not supposed to be in contact with Cartwright.”
From Los Angeles Times
I’d recently started writing my novel, “King of the Armadillos,” inspired by his experience, and he was helping me access material from the archives of the National Hansen’s Disease Museum.
From Salon
If she did pay your brother’s expenses, they again would have to agree to this in writing before those expenses were incurred to avoid legal and estate issues.
From MarketWatch
"Instead Luke Sheppard's overall show is a wholesome homage. Just nice songs and a decent ensemble held together by some brilliant writing. What more could you want?"
From BBC
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