writ·ing (r  t ng)n. 1. The act of one who writes. 2. Written form: Put it in writing. 3. Handwriting; penmanship. 4. Something written, especially: a. Meaningful letters or characters that constitute readable matter. b. A written work, especially a literary composition. 5. The occupation or style of a writer. 6. Writings (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible The third of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. See Table at Bible. |
writing
Noun
1. something that has been written: the writing on the outer flap was faint
2. written form: permission in writing
3. short for handwriting
4. a kind or style of writing: creative writing
5. the work of a writer: Wilde never mentioned chess in his writing
Writing
1. the use of a symbol to represent phonetically the initial sound (syllable or letter) of the name of an object, as A is the flrst sound of Greek alpha.
2. the use of the name of the object as the name of the symbol representing its initial sound, as A in Greek is called alpha “ox.” Also called acrophony. — acrologic, adj.
2. the use of the name of the object as the name of the symbol representing its initial sound, as A in Greek is called alpha “ox.” Also called acrophony. — acrologic, adj.
the act of writing something by hand. — autographer, n. — autographic, adj. — autographically, adv.
the art or science of analyzing handwriting, especially that of manuscripts with the purpose of establishing their authorship or authenticity. — bibliotist, n. — bibliotic, adj.
an abbreviated writing; shorthand. — brachygraphic, adj.
1. bad handwriting. Cf. calligraphy.
2. the possession of poor spelling skills. See also orthography. — cacographer, n. — cacographic, cacographical, adj.
2. the possession of poor spelling skills. See also orthography. — cacographer, n. — cacographic, cacographical, adj.
1. the art of beautiful penmanship.
2. handwriting in general.
3. good handwriting skills. Cf. cacography.
4. a script of a high aesthetic value produced by brush, especially that of Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic origin. — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. — calligraphic, calligraphical, adj.
2. handwriting in general.
3. good handwriting skills. Cf. cacography.
4. a script of a high aesthetic value produced by brush, especially that of Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic origin. — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. — calligraphic, calligraphical, adj.
1. the penmanship of a person, especially when used in an important document, as in an apostolic letter written and signed by the pope.
2. the art of beautiful penmanship; calligraphy. — chirograph, chirographer, n. — chirographic, chirographical, adj.
2. the art of beautiful penmanship; calligraphy. — chirograph, chirographer, n. — chirographic, chirographical, adj.
1. the art of writing in inks containing gold or silver in suspension.
2. the gold writing produced in this way. — chrysographer, n.
2. the gold writing produced in this way. — chrysographer, n.
1. the science or study of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems.
2. the procedures and methods of making and using secret languages, as codes or ciphers. — cryptographer, cryptographist, n. — cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptographal, adj.
2. the procedures and methods of making and using secret languages, as codes or ciphers. — cryptographer, cryptographist, n. — cryptographic, cryptographical, cryptographal, adj.
the representation of things or sounds by means of their pictures instead of by symbols or words, as in hieroglyphics or a rebus. — curiologic, curiological, adj.
1. a document or other piece of writing in a large, bold hand.
2. a formal document, as a proclamation, suitably written in a calligraphic hand and often illuminated. — engrosser, n.
2. a formal document, as a proclamation, suitably written in a calligraphic hand and often illuminated. — engrosser, n.
Shorthand, a word that is represented by a single symbol or character.
the reading of character or personality from a person’s handwriting. Cf. graphology. — graphanalyst, n.
Linguistics. the study of systems of writing and their relationship to the systems of the languages they represent. Also called graphonomy. — graphemic, adj.
the art or craft of writing or delineating. — graphiologist, n.
the study of handwriting, especially as regarded as an expression of character. Cf. graphanalysis. — graphologist, n. — graphologic, graphological, adj.
an obsession with writing.
graphology.
Psychology. the study of handwriting as a symptom of mental or emotional disorder. — graphopathologist, n. — graphopathological, adj.
a dislike for writing.
1. writing in excessive amounts, sometimes incoherently.
2. extreme wordiness in writing.
2. extreme wordiness in writing.
a form of divination involving the examination of a person’s handwriting.
the accidental omission in writing or copying of one or more adjacent and similar letters, syllables, words, or lines, as tagme for tagmeme.
the study of hieroglyphic writing, or a system employing a conventionalized pictographic script, esp. that used by the ancient Egyptians. — hieroglyphologist, n.
sacred writing or a sacred character or symbol. — hierogrammatist, n. — hierogrammatic, hierogrammatical, adj.
Rare. sacred writing; hierograms and the art of writing them. — hierographer, n. — hierographic, hierographical, adj.
the process of using a distinct character to represent each sound. — homographic, adj.
a form of writing regarded as midway between picture writing, as hieroglyphics, and phonetic writing in which the names of the symbols are not the names of the objects they depict but phonetic elements only. — iconomatic, adj.
a form of writing in which a written symbol represents an object rather than a word or speech sound. — ideographic, ideographical, adj.
Rare. the imitation of another person’s handwriting. — isographic, isographical, adj.
the avoidance of a certain letter or syllable in a text. — lipogram, n.
the act or process of representing with letters.
a sign or symbol used to represent a word, as $ for dollar. Also logograph. — logographic, adj.
a method of reporting spoken language in longhand, esp. one using several reporters taking down a few words in succession. — logographer, n. — logographic, adj.
abnormally large handwriting, often the result of a nervous disorder in the writer.
an apparatus used for miniature writing or drawing. — micrography, n.
the art or technique of writing with extremely small characters. — micrographic, adj.
Pathology. physical difficulty in writing. — mogigraphic, adj.
two or more letters, as initials, formed into a design to be placed on clothing, notepaper, etc., or as a crest. See also ornamentation. — monogrammatic, monogrammatical, adj.
mytacism.
excessive use of or fondness for, or incorrect use of the letter m and the sound it represents. Also mutacism.
Rare. a new or novel way of writing.
a writing frame designed for use by blind people.
a form of divination involving the examination of letters, possibly from a graphological standpoint. Also onomancy.
1. an alphabetical script originally used for inscriptions in the Irish language from the 5th to the 10th centuries.
2. any of the 20 characters of this script.
3. an inscription in this script. — oghamist, ogamist, n.
2. any of the 20 characters of this script.
3. an inscription in this script. — oghamist, ogamist, n.
nomancy.
1. the practice of writing on both sides of the object used as a surface, as papyrus or stone.
2. the writing done in this fashion. — opisthography, n.
2. the writing done in this fashion. — opisthography, n.
1. ancient forms of writing, as in inscriptions, documents, and manuscripts.
2. the study of ancient writings, including decipherment, translation, and determination of age and date. — paleographer, palaeographer, n. — paleographic, palaeographic, adj.
2. the study of ancient writings, including decipherment, translation, and determination of age and date. — paleographer, palaeographer, n. — paleographic, palaeographic, adj.
a flourish or other embellishment made after a signature, either as idiosyncrasy or to protect against forgery.
1. the art or skill of handwriting or writing with a pen.
2. a particular person’s manner or characteristic style of handwriting.
2. a particular person’s manner or characteristic style of handwriting.
a symbol or character, as in shorthand, that represents a word, syllable, or sound.
1. any system of phonetic shorthand, as that of Pitman.
2. phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand. — phonographer, phonographist, n. — phonographic, adj.
2. phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand. — phonographer, phonographist, n. — phonographic, adj.
a character or symbol, as in shorthand, that represents a phrase. Cf. phraseograph.
a phrase that can be represented by a phraseogram. Cf. phraseogram.
the use of pictorial symbols to communicate; picture writing with symbols that may be either ideographic or phonetic in function. — pictograph, n. — pictographic, adj.
the knowledge of runes and their interpretation; skill or expertise with runes.
the study of runes and runic writing. — runologist, n. — runological, adj.
an instrument for writing when unable to see.
1. illegible handwriting.
2. the work of an inferior or untalented author.
2. the work of an inferior or untalented author.
a mania for writing
Rare. handwriting, especially a particular style of handwriting such as that of a particular person or period.
the art and practice of the scrivener or copyist. — scrivener, n.
the use of symbols other than letters in writing. — sematographic, adj.
1. a system of symbolic notation. Also semiography. — semeiographic, semeiographical, adj.
Rare. the art of writing and deciphering cuneiform characters. — sphenographer, sphenographist, n. — sphenographic, adj.
1. the practice of chiseling commemorative inscriptions in pillars, tablets, and stelae.
2. any inscription so done. — stelographic, adj.
2. any inscription so done. — stelographic, adj.
the art of writing in shorthand. — stenographer, stenographist, n. — stenographic, stenographical, adj.
a phonographic shorthand in which alphabetic letters, produced by hand or a special machine, are used to represent words and phrases. — stenotypist, n. — stenotypic, adj.
the art of drawing, writing, or engraving with a stylus or similar instrument. — stylographic, stylographical, adj.
1. a table of syllables, as might be used for teaching a language.
2. a system of characters or symbols representing syllables instead of individual sounds. Also syllabarium.
2. a system of characters or symbols representing syllables instead of individual sounds. Also syllabarium.
1. the use of characters in writing that represent syllables rather than individual sounds, as in the Cherokee syllabary.
2. a division of a word into syllables.
2. a division of a word into syllables.
1. the ancient Greek and Roman shorthand systems.
2. cursive writing. — tachygrapher, tachygraphist, n. — tachygraphic, tachygraphical, adj.
2. cursive writing. — tachygrapher, tachygraphist, n. — tachygraphic, tachygraphical, adj.
the transmission of writing or drawing such that the movements of the receiving pen copy those of the transmitting pen or pencil, yielding a facsimile reproduction at the receiving end. — telautograph, n. — telautographic, adj.
a form of large, rounded script found in Latin and Greek manuscripts from the 3rd or 4th century until the 10th century. — uncial, adj.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | writing - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" verbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and language adoxography - fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers" drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished later dramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story" historiography - the writing of history metrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novel redaction - the act of putting something in writing lexicography - the act of writing dictionaries versification - the art or practice of writing verse indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper) ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie" |
| 2. | 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" bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - written material that has been bowdlerized title - (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read" black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value literature - published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature" matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" literary criticism, criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" paragraph - one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line inscription, lettering - letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something manuscript, ms - the form of a literary work submitted for publication autograph - something written by one's own hand treatise - a formal exposition adaptation, version - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity screed - a long piece of writing document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing plagiarism - a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work transcript - something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station" | |
| 3. | writing - (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings" body of work, oeuvre, work - the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it); "he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre"; "Picasso's work can be divided into periods" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) patristics, patrology - the writings of the early Church Fathers | |
| 4. |  writing - 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"black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols coding system - a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages capitalisation, capitalization - writing in capital letters typewriting, typing - writing done with a typewriter printing - text handwritten in the style of printed matter handwriting, script, hand - something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" hieroglyph, hieroglyphic - writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) skywriting - writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication notation, notational system - a technical system of symbols used to represent special things | |
| 5. |  writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" handwriting - the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis" inscription - the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words notation - the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters |
writing
noun 1. script, hand, print, printing, fist (informal) scribble, handwriting, scrawl, calligraphy, longhand, penmanship, chirography
noun 2. document, work, book, letter, title, opus, publication, literature, composition, belle-lettre
Translations
writing [ˈraɪtɪŋ] n → Schrift f [of author] → Arbeiten pl;
(activity) → Schreiben nt;
in writing → schriftlich;
in my own writing → in meiner eigenen Handschrift
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