writing

Found in thesaurus: verbal creation, written communication, written language, oeuvre, body of work, work, activity

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writing

n. act of marking on a substance with symbols or letters; literary work; document, manuscript; handwriting, penmanship; something written; style of writing

write

v. mark with symbols and letters on a surface (with a pen, pencil, etc.); record, register; compose; carve, engrave; record data onto a storage medium (Computers)

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Writing

Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols. In most languages, writing is a complement to speech or spoken language. Writing is not a language but a form of technology that developed as tools developed with human society. Within a language system, writing relies on many of the same structures as speech, such as vocabulary, grammar and semantics, with the added dependency of a system of signs or symbols. The result of writing is generally called text, and the recipient of text is called a reader. Motivations for writing include publication, storytelling, correspondence and diary. Writing has been instrumental in keeping history, maintaining culture, dissemination of knowledge through the media and the formation of legal systems. It is also an important medium of expressing oneself by way of written words as do authors, poets and the like.

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writing

Noun
1. the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
(synonym) authorship, composition, penning
(hypernym) verbal creation
(hyponym) drafting
(derivation) write, compose, pen, indite
(class) write, compose, pen, indite
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); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
(synonym) written material, piece of writing
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) bowdlerization, bowdlerisation
(part-meronym) epilogue, epilog
3. (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) patristics, patrology
(classification) plural, plural form
4. letters or symbols 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"
(hypernym) written communication, written language
(hyponym) orthography, writing system
5. the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
(synonym) committal to writing
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) cryptography, coding, secret writing
(derivation) write

write

Verb
1. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
(synonym) compose, pen, indite
(hypernym) create verbally
(hyponym) draw
(entail) spell
(see-also) write out, write up
(verb-group) publish
(derivation) writer, author
(classification) writing, authorship, composition, penning
2. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(hyponym) write in
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
3. have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
(synonym) publish
(hypernym) create verbally
(verb-group) compose, pen, indite
(derivation) writer, author
4. communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
(synonym) drop a line
(hypernym) correspond
(derivation) writer
5. communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
(hypernym) communicate, intercommunicate
(verb-group) drop a line
(derivation) writer
6. write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
(synonym) compose
(hypernym) make, create
(hyponym) counterpoint
(classification) music
7. mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
(hypernym) trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
(hyponym) stenograph
(derivation) writer
8. record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
(hypernym) record, tape
(hyponym) overwrite
(classification) computer science, computing
9. 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"
(synonym) spell
(hyponym) hyphenate, hyphen

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writing

n. text; písmo; psaní; literatura; styl; dílo; spisy

write

v. psát; napsat; vyplnit

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writing

Rzecz. pisanie; pisarstwo; twórczość literacka; pisarstwo; napis; charakter pisma; na piśmie

write

Czas. pisać; komponować; wypisywać