Definition of writing
noun:
- the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him", "it was a matter of disputed authorship". Synonyms: authorship, composition, penning.
- 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". Synonyms: piece of writing, written material.
- (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings".
- 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".
- the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing". Synonyms: committal to writing.
verb:
- produce a literary work; "She composed a poem", "He wrote four novels". Synonyms: compose, indite, pen, write.
- communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week". Synonyms: write.
- have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?", "She published 25 books during her long career". Synonyms: publish, write.
- communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!". Synonyms: drop a line, write.
- communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon". Synonyms: write.
- write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies". Synonyms: compose, write.
- mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper", "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet". Synonyms: write.
- record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk". Synonyms: save, 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". Synonyms: spell, write.
- create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else". Synonyms: write.
Related words
adaptation, adopt, adoxography, annotate, apostrophise, apostrophize, arrange, author, autograph, bowdlerisation, bowdlerization, calligraph, capitalisation, capitalise, capitalization, capitalize, cite, coding, copy, counterpoint, criticism, cross, cryptogram, cryptograph, cryptography, cut, diary, dithyramb, document, dot, draft, drafting, dramatisation, dramatise, dramatization, dramatize, draw, editing, essay, fabrication, footnote, hand, handwrite, handwriting, harmonise, harmonize, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, historiography, hyphen, hyphenate, impress, inscription, instrument, instrumentate, issue, jot, journal, letter, lettering, lexicography, literature, lyric, manuscript, matter, melodise, melodize, metrification, ms, notation, novelisation, novelization, orthography, outline, overwrite, papers, paragraph, patristics, patrology, plagiarism, poetise, poetize, print, printing, profile, redaction, reference, rescript, revision, rewrite, score, scrabble, scrawl, screed, scribble, script, section, set, sign, skywriting, steganography, stenograph, style, subdivision, subscribe, superscribe, title, transcript, treatise, type, typewrite, typewriting, typing, verse, versification, versify, version.
Words nearby
waiting, whiting, writhing, writings.
Rhymes with
biting, exciting, fighting, inviting, lighting, rewriting, sighting, slighting, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, whiting, whiting.
Your query has returned 30 words, which include anagrams of writing as well as other shorter words that can be made using the letters included in writing.
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