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Noun writing has 5 senses
- writing, authorship, composition, penning - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
--1 is a kind of verbal creation
--1 has particulars:
- writing, written material, piece of writing - 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"
--2 is a kind of written communication, written language
--2 has parts: epilogue, epilog
--2 has particulars: | | bowdlerization, bowdlerisation; title; cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing; rewrite, revision, rescript; literary composition, literary work; literature; literature; matter; criticism, literary criticism; section, subdivision; paragraph; diary, journal; inscription, lettering; manuscript, ms; autograph; treatise; adaptation, version; essay; editing, redaction; sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text; screed; Ayurveda; document, written document, papers; dramatic composition, dramatic work; dithyramb; plagiarism; transcript |
- writing - (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
--3 is a kind of written communication, written language; oeuvre, work, body of work
--3 has particulars: patristics, patrology
- writing - letters or symbols 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"
--4 is a kind of written communication, written language
--4 has particulars:
- writing, committal to writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
--5 is a kind of activity
--5 has particulars:
Verb write has 9 senses
- write, compose, pen, indite - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
--1 is one way to create verbally
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue write the movie
- write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
--2 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
They write them the information
They write the information to them
- publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
--3 is one way to create verbally
Sample sentence:
Did he write his major works over a short period of time?
- write, drop a line - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
--4 is one way to correspond
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody
- write - communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
--5 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- compose, write - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
--6 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Did he write his major works over a short period of time?
- write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
--7 is one way to trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- write - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
--8 is one way to record, tape
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- spell, write - write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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