writing

wri-ting · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper.

  2. 2.

    Written works, especially literary compositions.

  3. 3.

    The activity or occupation of composing text for publication.

  4. 4.

    A sequence of letters, symbols, or words.

  5. 5.

    Present participle of "write."

Forms

plural: writings

Related words

See also: reading, text, write, written
Synonyms: composition, script, text

Etymology

From the present participle of Old English "writan" meaning "to score, draw, scratch, write." The noun use developed from the verbal noun sense of the act of writing.