Writing
['raɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of putting something in written form; 'she did the thinking while he did the writing'.
(noun.) the act of creating written works; 'writing was a form of therapy for him'; 'it was a matter of disputed authorship'.
(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'.
(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'.
(noun.) (usually plural) the collected work of an author; 'the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Write
(n.) 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.
(n.) Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters
(n.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like.
(n.) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison.
(n.) An inscription.
(n.) Handwriting; chirography.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Chirography, caligraphy, penmanship.[2]. Document, instrument.[3]. Book, work, publication, lucubration, pamphlet, piece, literary production.[4]. Inscription, title.
Typist: Loretta
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are writing, foretells that you will make a mistake which will almost prove your undoing. To see writing, denotes that you will be upbraided for your careless conduct and a lawsuit may cause you embarrassment. To try to read strange writing, signifies that you will escape enemies only by making no new speculation after this dream. See Letters.
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Examples
- But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At last he grasped the manuscript upon which Jane Porter had been writing, and as cautiously withdrew his arm and hand, holding the precious treasure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I insisted on writing to Napier, who was at Melton Mowbray. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I was bent on writing to Ponsonby. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Would you object to my writing it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That and to get a writing to be fust-hand Lock Keeper. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The best faculties of man are employed for futurity: speaking is better than acting, writing is better than speaking. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Laura was certainly not chargeable with any exaggeration, in writing me word that I should hardly recognise her aunt again when we met. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- After some consideration I decided on writing to the Arnolds, in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Some of his readers suspect him of writing to enforce it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long blue envelope. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I understood that you were writing a report of this case, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The author clears himself from any sinister ends in writing. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
- Nor does the mention of it in Aristotle appear to have any reference to this or any other passage in his extant writings. Plato. The Republic.
- Some of the greatest of Jewish literature was written in Arabic, the religious writings of Maimonides, for example. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mixed up with a very extensive Manich?an literature are translations of the Christian scriptures and Buddhistic writings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The reformer might point to phrases like human welfare which appear in his writings. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Their writings are our dawn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Roger Bacon's writings are characterized by a philosophical breadth of view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Nevertheless, from the first writings onward a new sort of tradition, an enduring and immortal tradition, began in the minds of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such is the plain story of Gautama as we gather it from a comparison of early writings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The writings that have been attributed to Geber show the advances that chemistry made through t he experiments of the Arabs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is full of inconsistencies, and though borrowed from Plato, shows but a superficial acquaintance with his writings. Plato. The Republic.
- In the writings of every century for more than four thousand years, its name has been mentioned and its praises sung. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Certain of his writings were declared false and prohibited, and he was admonished that he must follow certain lines in his teachings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is consolatory to me that others find Professor Owen's controversial writings as difficult to understand and to reconcile with each other, as I do. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He studied the writings of Locke, Hartley, Berkeley, Hume, Helvetius, Condorcet, and Reid, and knew something of German philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typist: Richard