What does written mean?

Definitions for written
ˈrɪt nwrit·ten

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. writtenadjective

    set down in writing in any of various ways

    "written evidence"

  2. writtenadjective

    systematically collected and written down

    "written laws"

  3. scripted, writtenadjective

    written as for a film or play or broadcast

Wiktionary

  1. writtenadjective

    Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)

    I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.

  2. writtenadjective

    That was written.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Written

    The participle passive of write.

    Their doctrine and their story written left,
    They die. John Milton.

    Language is a connexion of audible signs, the most apt in nature for communication of our thoughts: written language is a description of the said audible signs, by signs visible. William Holder.

Wikipedia

  1. written

    Writing is a neuropsychological activity involving cognitive and physical processes and the use of writing systems to structure and translate human thoughts into persistent representations of human language. A system of writing relies on many of the same semantic structures as the language it represents, such as lexicon and syntax, with the added dependency of a system of symbols representing that language's phonology and morphology. Nevertheless, written language may take on characteristics distinctive from any available in spoken language.The outcome of this activity, also called "writing," and sometimes a "text," is a series of physically inscribed, mechanically transferred, or digitally represented linguistic symbols. The interpreter or activator of a text is called a "reader".Writing systems do not themselves constitute languages (with the debatable exception of computer languages); they are a means of rendering language into a form that can be reconstructed by other humans separated by time and/or space. While not all languages use a writing system, those that do can complement and extend capacities of spoken language by creating durable forms of language that can be transmitted across space (e.g. written correspondence) and stored over time (e.g. libraries or other public records). Writing can also have knowledge-transforming effects, since it allows humans to externalize their thinking in forms that are easier to reflect on, elaborate, reconsider, and revise.

ChatGPT

  1. written

    Written refers to something that is set down in print, text, or any form of writing as a method of visible communication or expression. It can be used to describe anything from books, documents, letters, articles, or notes that were composed using words and sentences.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Written

    of Write

  2. Written

    p. p. of Write, v

Wikidata

  1. Written

    Written is a 2007 film directed by Kim Byung-woo.

Editors Contribution

  1. written

    Expressed using words and typed.

    Written documents can be electronic and emailed.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 27, 2020  


  2. written

    Expressed using writing.

    Our writing is very important, it is tidy and legible.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 31, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'written' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1017

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'written' in Written Corpus Frequency: #859

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'written' in Adjectives Frequency: #408

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of written in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of written in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of written in a Sentence

  1. Tom Hanks:

    It was written on cue cards... I didn't need the cue cards after a while because you get into it, but Bob Zemeckis says,' I don't know, it's a minefield, Colonel Tom Parker, it's a minefield. Tom Hanks never know what people are gon na take away from it.' And it ends up being, Tom Hanks know, that thing.

  2. Andrew Napolitano:

    When were the rules written last ? In January of 2015. And who signed them ? John Boehner. And who enacted them ? A Republican majority.

  3. Anthony Jack:

    It's so written into the American imagination that these spots( at prestigious institutions) are for white people and anytime a black student or a Latinx student gets in, it's taking a spot away from them. That's not what's happening.

  4. Paula Granger:

    You can marry up what he's written down with the pictures.

  5. Jill Marangoni:

    Their written language is really taking a hit right now, fifth graders that were strong writers in school, who would never have turned in anything without editing it first -- you see what the work they're turning in. It's missing capitals, it's missing punctuation, run on sentences -- just lacking that quality that they had at school and that they just don't have now.

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