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writing
[ rahy-ting ]
noun
- the act of a person or thing that writes.
to commit one's thoughts to writing.
His writing is illegible.
- such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.
- an inscription.
- a letter.
- literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc.:
Her writing is stilted.
- a literary composition or production.
- the profession of a writer:
He turned to writing at an early age.
- the Writings, Hagiographa.
writing
/ ˈraɪtɪŋ /
noun
- a group of letters or symbols written or marked on a surface as a means of communicating ideas by making each symbol stand for an idea, concept, or thing, by using each symbol to represent a set of sounds grouped into syllables ( syllabic writing ), or by regarding each symbol as corresponding roughly or exactly to each of the sounds in the language ( alphabetic writing ) See also ideogram
- short for handwriting
- anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition
- the work of a writer
- literary style, art, or practice
- written form
give it to me in writing
- modifier related to or used in writing
writing ink
- writing on the walla sign or signs of approaching disaster
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- self-writing adjective
- un·writing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of writing1
sense 8: allusion to Daniel 5:5
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- writing on the wall. handwriting ( def 4 ).
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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