writing
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: rītʹĭng, IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: writ‧ing
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
- Homophone: riding (some varieties with flapping)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.
Noun
[edit]writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)
- (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- 2003, William G. Boltz, The Origin and the Development of the Chinese Writing System, page 14:
- Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech […] , to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.
- 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 115:
- Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.
- (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
- (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
- (countable) A work of an author.
- (countable) The style of writing of a person.
- I can't read your writing.
- (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
- a writing table
Synonyms
[edit]- (written letters or symbols that express some meaning): text
- (something written): document, manuscript, text
- (work of an author): work
- (the style of writing of a person): hand, handwriting
- (intended for or used in writing): alphabet, character, ideogram, logogram, pictogram, script, syllabary, writing system
Derived terms
[edit]- automatic writing
- bookwriting
- brainwriting
- creative writing
- cyberwriting
- e-writing
- fanwriting
- foodwriting
- footwriting
- freewriting
- gagwriting
- handwriting
- hymnwriting
- hyperwriting
- in writing
- kickwriting
- majuscule writing
- metawriting
- newswriting
- night writing
- nonwriting
- not worth writing home about
- packet writing
- patchwriting
- playwriting
- protowriting
- put in writing
- scorewriting
- screenwriting
- scriptwriting
- signwriting
- skywriting
- sky writing
- songwriting
- speechwriting
- speedwriting
- spirit writing
- sportswriting
- technical writing
- tendency writing
- the writing is on the wall
- typewriting
- wedge-writing
- writing arm
- writing board
- writing book
- writing desk
- writing hand
- writing implement
- writing instrument
- writing lark
- writing machine
- writing master
- writing obligatory
- writing on the wall
- writing pad
- writing paper
- writing school
- writing spider
- writing table
Translations
[edit]written letters or symbols
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something written
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process of representing a language
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work of an author
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style of writing
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made for or used in writing
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.
Verb
[edit]writing
- present participle and gerund of write
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wrīting f
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wrīting | wrītinga, wrītinge |
| accusative | wrītinge | wrītinga, wrītinge |
| genitive | wrītinge | wrītinga |
| dative | wrītinge | wrītingum |
Derived terms
[edit]- wrītingfeþer f (“pen”)
Descendants
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/aɪtɪŋ
- Rhymes:English/aɪtɪŋ/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
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- English terms with collocations
- English terms suffixed with -ing (participial)
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English verbal nouns
- en:Writing
- Old English terms suffixed with -ing
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English ō-stem nouns