writing

Speech parts

1. writing - Noun

2. writing - Verb

Meaning

of Write

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.

Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters

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

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

An inscription.

Handwriting; chirography.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

composition document script manuscript authorship penning text hand paper article draft correspondence prose inscription handwriting
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Antonyms

poesy blues speech reading composition lay
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Hypernyms

activity oeuvre body of work black and white verbal creation

Hyponyms

journal rescript hand matter section notation

Phrases with the word

in writing piece of writing the writing is on the wall put in writing writing implement way of writing

Examples

Writing is a weapon and it's more powerful than a fist could ever be. Denzel Washington

I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God. Ignatius of Antioch

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Worldly prosperity is like writing on water. Hindi Proverb

Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists. Styrian Proverb

Inscribe science in writing. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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