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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The legendary stage and screen star told People earlier this year that she had always been against the idea of writing her memoir: "'Absolutely not! 'Tell it when I'm gone!' was my philosophy," she explained.
From BBC
In human written papers, clearer yet more complex writing, including longer sentences and bigger words, has often been a useful signal of higher quality research.
From Science Daily
She was convinced most people were sheep — including those who loved the flowery writing and cheesy romance plots of her novels.
From Los Angeles Times
Middlesbrough heavily influenced his song writing, especially songs like Steel River, which reflects the town's industrial identity.
From BBC
Warsh is often perceived as more likely to be independent than Hassett based on his voting history at the Fed and his writings and public statements about the institution.
From Barron's
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