writing

Definitions

1. 1present participle

   of Write

2. 2noun

   The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.

3. 3noun

   Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters

4. 4noun

   Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.

5. 5noun

   Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.

6. 6noun

   An inscription.

7. 7noun

   Handwriting; chirography.

8. 8noun

   the activity of putting something in written form

   "she did the thinking while he did the writing"

9. 9noun

   the act of creating written works

   "writing was a form of therapy for him"

   "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

   Synonyms

   authorshipcompositionpenning
10. 10noun

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

    "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"

    "the doctor's writing was illegible"

11. 11noun

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

    "the writing in her novels is excellent"

    "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

12. 12noun

    (usually plural) the collected work of an author

    "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"