writing
Meaning of writing
- the activity or skill of writing.
parents want schools to concentrate on reading, writing, and arithmetic
- the activity or occupation of composing text for publication.
she made a decent living from writing
- mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement.
he wrote his name on the paper
Alice wrote down the address
he wrote very neatly in blue ink
- compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone.
I wrote a letter to Alison
I wrote him a short letter
Thank you and goodbye. I'll write soon
Eleanor wrote to her sister Laura in Paris
- compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing.
she wrote a bestselling novel
I didn't know you wrote poetry
he wrote under a pseudonym
he had written about the beauty of Andalucia
- enter (data) into an electronic or magnetic storage device, or into a particular location in a computer’s file system.
files can be read and written directly into the file system
- underwrite (an insurance policy).
Old English wrītan ‘score, form (letters) by carving, write’, of Germanic origin; related to German reissen ‘sketch, drag’.
Information about writing
- The plural form of writing is: writings.
- Languages in which writing is used:
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Hyphenation of writing
writ-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- writing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
writing synonyms
Meaning authorship:
authorship, composition, penning
Meaning notice or pay particular attention to (something):
Meaning set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference:
Meaning enter or record on an official list or directory:
Meaning enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record:
Meaning make a list of:
Meaning write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record:
Meaning write one's name on (a letter, card, document, etc.) to identify oneself as the writer or sender:
Meaning write or draw (something) carelessly or hurriedly:
Meaning write (something) in a hurried, careless way:
Meaning write, draw, or colour with a pencil:
Meaning have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly:
Meaning share or exchange information, news, or ideas:
Meaning write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry):
Meaning prepare a preliminary version of (a document):
Meaning bring (something) into existence:
Meaning create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of:
Meaning create or prepare methodically:
Meaning produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources:
Meaning write or compose:
Meaning make or manufacture from components or raw materials:
Translation of writing
- German: Dokument, Schrift
- Spanish: documento, escritura
- French: document, écriture, manuscriture
- Italian: documento, scrittura
- Portuguese: documentos
Anagrams of writing
Words that rhyme with writing
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