the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
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writing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
the writing in her novels is excellent.
that editorial was a fine piece of writing.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | authorship, composition, penning |
| Type of | verbal creation |
| Has types | drafting, dramatisation, dramatization, fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization, historiography, lexicography, metrification, novelisation, novelization, redaction, versification, adoxography |
| Derivation | write |
writing was a form of therapy for him.
writing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | committal to writing |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | inscription, steganography, handwriting, coding, cryptography, secret writing, notation |
| Derivation | write |
she did the thinking while he did the writing.
writing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | written communication, black and white, written language |
| Has types | typewriting, skywriting, script, printing process, printing, capitalisation, capitalization, coding system, orthography, notational system, notation, hieroglyphic, hieroglyph, hand, handwriting, writing system, typing |
he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show.
the doctor's writing was illegible.
writing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | oeuvre, work, written communication, black and white, written language, body of work |
| Has types | patristics, patrology |
the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings.
Examples of writing
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The sixth-grade students have started the process of writing a persuasive essay.
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In writing class students wrote about the real life heroes in their lives today.
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Regulators are writing the rules to lessen risk and increase price transparency.
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I'll keep writing for the paper, but this will be my last Savvy Consumer column.
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Lenders would be forbidden from threatening prosecution for writing a bad check.
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Sonka responded that the blog post was sarcastic, like much of his blog writing.
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It even apparently has a writing team in place to craft the write-up for offers.
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I cannot express to you how much I do miss you, for writing won't do it justice.
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He has won the Associated Press Sports Editors national column writing 13 times.
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- The act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
- The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
- (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
- Letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
- The activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
- (writings) Hagiographa: the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
- Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). ...
- Ketuvim (/ku0259tuu02D0u02C8viu02D0m, ku0259u02C8tuu02D0vu026Am/; Biblical Hebrew: u05DBu05B0u05BCu05EAu05D5u05BCu05D1u05B4u05D9u05DDu200Eu200E Ku0259u1E6Fu00FBu1E07u00EEm, "writings") is the third and final section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), after Torah (instruction) and Nevi'im (prophets). In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings".
- (The Writer) The Writer is a monthly magazine for writers published by the Kalmbach Publishing Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin. It was first established by William H. ...
