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written

[ rit-n ]
/ ˈrɪt n /
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verb
a past participle of write.
adjective
expressed in writing (distinguished from spoken).
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OTHER WORDS FROM written

half-written, adjectivepre·writ·ten, adjectiveself-written, adjectivewell-written, adjective
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Words related to written

drafted, penned, recorded, reported, printed, signed, typed, authored, dictated, copied, lettered, transcribed, in black and white, scriptural

How to use written in a sentence

  • Many pre-written programs are supplied by IBM, eliminating necessity of customers' staffs writing their own.

    IBM 1401 Programming Systems|Anonymous

  • These are pre-written instructions to perform many of the everyday operations of an installation.

    IBM 1401 Programming Systems|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for written

written
/ (ˈrɪtən) /
verb
the past participle of write
adjective
taken down in writing; transcribedwritten evidence; the written word Compare spoken (def. 2)
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