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Writing

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Noun

1. authorship, composition, penning, writing

the act of creating written works

Example Sentences:
'writing was a form of therapy for him'
'it was a matter of disputed authorship'

2. piece of writing, writing, written material

the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

Example Sentences:
'the writing in her novels is excellent'
'that editorial was a fine piece of writing'

3. writing

(usually plural) the collected work of an author

Example Sentences:
'the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings'

4. writing

letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

Example Sentences:
'he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show'
'the doctor's writing was illegible'

5. committal to writing, writing

the activity of putting something in written form

Example Sentences:
'she did the thinking while he did the writing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Writing

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noun
1. 
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
2.  short for handwriting
3. 
anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition
4. 
the work of a writer
5. 
literary style, art, or practice
6. 
written form
give it to me in writing
7. (modifier)
related to or used in writing
writing ink
8.  writing on the wall

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Writing

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noun
1. 
the act of a person who writes
2. 
something written, as a letter or document
3. 
written form
4. 
handwriting
5. 
a book, poem, article, or other literary work
usually used in pl.
6. 
the profession or work of a writer
7. 
the art, style, etc. of literary composition
adjective
8. 
that writes
9. 
used in writing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Writing

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n.
1.
a. The act or process of producing and recording words in a form that can be read and understood: At first, most students find writing difficult.
b. The occupation or style of someone who writes, especially for publication.
2. Written form: Put it in writing.
3. Handwriting; penmanship: writing that has many flourishes.
4. Something written, especially:
a. Meaningful letters or characters that constitute readable matter: erased the writing on the blackboard.
b. A written work, especially a literary composition: collected all the author's writings.
5. Writings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible The third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. See Table at Bible.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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