noun
- The act of creating written works.
- usage: "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
- synonyms: authorship, composition, penning
- The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect. )
- usage: "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
- synonyms: written material, piece of writing
- Usually plural. ( the collected work of an author)
- usage: "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.
- usage: "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.
- usage: "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
- synonyms: committal to writing
verb
- Produce a literary work.
- usage: "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
- Communicate or express by writing.
- usage: "Please write to me every week"
- synonyms: write
- Have (one's written work) issued for publication.
- usage: "How many books did Georges Simenon write"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
- Communicate (with) in writing.
- usage: "Write her soon, please"
- synonyms: write, drop a line
- Communicate by letter.
- usage: "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
- synonyms: write
- Write music.
- usage: "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
- Mark or trace on a surface.
- usage: "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
- synonyms: write
- Record data on a computer.
- usage: "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
- Write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word. )
- usage: "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
- Create code, write a computer program.
- usage: "She writes code faster than anybody else"
- synonyms: write
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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