Word

writing, n.
(writings)
freq. cnt. 22

the act of creating written works
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

authorship composition penning writing

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

write

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

author

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

compose

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

pen

semantic pointers

hypernym

verbal creation

hyponym

adoxography drafting dramatization, dramatisation fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation historiography metrification novelization, novelisation redaction lexicography versification

member of this domain (topic)

write, compose, pen, indite write of, write about, write on profile paragraph dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off rewrite write copy dramatize, dramatise, adopt draft, outline author co-author ghost, ghostwrite annotate, footnote cite, reference write out, write up script

the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

piece of writing writing written material

sample sentences

"the writing in her novels is excellent"
"that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

semantic pointers

hyponym

hypernym

written language, written communication, black and white

part meronym

epilogue, epilog

instance hyponym

Ayurveda

(usually plural) the collected work of an author
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

writing

sample sentences

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

semantic pointers

hypernym

oeuvre, work, body of work written language, written communication, black and white

domain of synset (usage)

plural, plural form

hyponym

patristics, patrology

the activity of putting something in written form
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

committal to writing writing

sample sentences

"she did the thinking while he did the writing"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

write

semantic pointers

hypernym

activity

hyponym

cryptography, coding, secret writing, steganography handwriting inscription notation

letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

writing

sample sentences

"he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"
"the doctor's writing was illegible"

semantic pointers

hypernym

written language, written communication, black and white

hyponym

orthography, writing system coding system capitalization, capitalisation typing, typewriting printing hand, handwriting, script hieroglyph, hieroglyphic skywriting printing, printing process notation, notational system