writing

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noun

1. the act of creating written works (Freq. 8)
- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
• Syn:
authorship, composition, penning
• Derivationally related forms:
pen (for: penning), compose (for: composition), author (for: authorship), write
• Members of this Topic:
write, compose, pen, indite, write on,
write of, write about, profile, paragraph, dash off, scratch off,
knock off, toss off, fling off, rewrite, write copy, dramatize,
dramatise, adopt, draft, outline, author, co-author,
ghost, ghostwrite, annotate, footnote, reference, cite,
write out, write up, script
• Hypernyms:
verbal creation
• Hyponyms:
adoxography, drafting, dramatization, dramatisation, fabrication,
fictionalization, fictionalisation, historiography, metrification, novelization, novelisation,
redaction, lexicography, versification
2. the work of a writer;
anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) (Freq. 6)
- the writing in her novels is excellent
- that editorial was a fine piece of writing
• Syn:
written material, piece of writing
• Hypernyms:
written communication, written language, black and white
• Hyponyms:
bowdlerization, bowdlerisation, title, cryptogram, cryptograph,
secret writing, rewrite, revision, rescript, literary composition, literary work,
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, document, written document, papers, dramatic composition, dramatic work,
dithyramb, plagiarism, transcript
• Instance Hyponyms:
Ayurveda
• Part Meronyms:
epilogue, epilog
3. (usually plural) the collected work of an author (Freq. 4)
- the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings
• Usage Domain:
plural, plural form
• Hypernyms:
written communication, written language, black and white, oeuvre, work, body of work
• Hyponyms:
patristics, patrology
4. letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language (Freq. 2)
- he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show
- the doctor's writing was illegible
• Hypernyms:
written communication, written language, black and white
• Hyponyms:
orthography, writing system, coding system, capitalization, capitalisation,
typing, typewriting, printing, handwriting, hand, script,
hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, skywriting, printing process, notation, notational system
5. the activity of putting something in written form (Freq. 2)
- she did the thinking while he did the writing
• Syn:
committal to writing
• Derivationally related forms:
write
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography, handwriting,
inscription, notation

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  committal to writing, written material, piece of writing, authorship, composition, penning