Definitions for writing
ˈraɪ tɪŋwrit·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. writing, authorship, composition, penning(noun)

   the act of creating written works

   "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

2. writing, written material, piece of writing(noun)

   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"

3. writing(noun)

   (usually plural) the collected work of an author

   "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

4. writing(noun)

   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"

5. writing, committal to writing(noun)

   the activity of putting something in written form

   "she did the thinking while he did the writing"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. writing(Noun)

   Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

2. writing(Noun)

   Something written, such as a document, article or book.

3. writing(Noun)

   The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

4. writing(Noun)

   A work of an author.

5. writing(Noun)

   The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

6. writing(Noun)

   Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Writing

   Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language with signs and symbols. For languages that utilize a writing system, inscriptions can complement spoken language by creating a durable version of speech that can be stored for future reference or transmitted across distance. Writing, in other words, is not a language, but a tool used to make languages readable. 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 called text, and the recipient of text is called a reader. H.G. Wells argued that writing has the ability to "put agreements, laws, commandments on record. It made the growth of states larger than the old city states possible. It made a continuous historical consciousness possible. The command of the priest or king and his seal could go far beyond his sight and voice and could survive his death". As human societies emerged, collective motivations for the development of writing were driven by pragmatic exigencies like keeping history, maintaining culture, codifying knowledge through curricula and lists of texts deemed to contain foundational knowledge (e.g., The Canon of Medicine) or artistically exceptional (e.g., a literary canon), organizing and governing societies through the formation of legal systems, census records, contracts, deeds of ownership, taxation, trade agreements, treaties, and so on. For example, around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration in Mesopotamia outgrew human memory, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form. In both ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica, on the other hand, writing may have evolved through calendric and political necessities for recording historical and environmental events. Individual motivations for writing include improvised additional capacity for the limitations of human memory (e.g., to-do lists, recipes, reminders, logbooks, maps, the proper sequence for a complicated task or important ritual), dissemination of ideas (as in an essay, monograph, broadside, petition, or manifesto), imaginative narratives and other forms of storytelling, personal or business correspondence, and lifewriting (e.g., a diary or journal).

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Writing

   of Write

2. Writing(noun)

   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

3. Writing(noun)

   anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters

4. Writing(noun)

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

5. Writing(noun)

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

6. Writing(noun)

   an inscription

7. Writing(noun)

   handwriting; chirography

Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Writing

   Writing is language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols. It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio. Writing most likely began as a consequence of political expansion in ancient cultures, which needed reliable means for transmitting information, maintaining financial accounts, keeping historical records, and similar activities. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration in Mesopotamia outgrew human memory, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form. In both Ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events. The oldest known use of writing in China was in divination in the royal court.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Writing

   The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. writing

   The process of transcribing ideas into text.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'writing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1765

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'writing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1170

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'writing' in Nouns Frequency: #739

How to pronounce writing?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say writing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of writing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of writing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of writing in a Sentence

1. William Jr. Strunk:

   Vigorous writing is concise.

2. Tim Huelskamp:

   He read the writing on the wall.

3. Liz Cheney:

   Writing her book about democracy!

4. C. S. Lewis:

   You can make anything by writing.

5. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette:

   Writing only leads to more writing.

Images & Illustrations of writing

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