English > writing: 5 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of creating written works. |
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| Example | "writing was a form of therapy for him" |
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| Synonyms | authorship, composition, penning |
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| Category of | annotate, footnote | add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments |
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| author | Be the author of |
| co-author | Be a co-author on (a book, a paper / paper / paper) |
| dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off | Write quickly |
| draft, outline | draw up an outline or sketch for something |
| dramatize, dramatise, adopt | put into dramatic form |
| ghost, ghostwrite | Write for someone else |
| paragraph | Write paragraphs |
| profile | write about |
| reference, cite | refer to |
| rewrite | rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose |
| script | Write a script for |
| write, compose, pen, indite | produce a literary work |
| write copy | Write for commercial publications |
| write on, write of, write about | Write about a particular topic |
| write out, write up | put into writing |
| Narrower | adoxography | Fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects |
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| drafting | Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later |
| dramatization, dramatisation | conversion into dramatic form |
| fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation | writing in a fictional form |
| historiography | The writing of history |
| lexicography | The act of writing dictionaries |
| metrification | Writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) |
| novelization, novelisation | converting something into the form of a novel |
| redaction | The act of putting something in writing |
| versification | The art or practice of writing verse |
| Broader | verbal creation | creating something by the use of speech and language |
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| Spanish | composición, escritura |
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| Catalan | composició, escriptura |
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| Verbs | write | produce a literary work |
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English > writing: 5 senses > noun 2, communication| Meaning | The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect). |
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| Examples | - "the writing in her novels is excellent"
- "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
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| Synonyms | written material, piece of writing |
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| Instances | Ayurveda | (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life |
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| Parts | epilogue, epilog | A short / short passage added at the end of a literary work |
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| Narrower | adaptation, version | A written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
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| autograph | Something written by one's own hand |
| bowdlerization, bowdlerisation | written material that has been bowdlerized |
| criticism, literary criticism | A written evaluation of a work of literature |
| cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing | A piece of writing in code or cipher |
| diary, journal | A daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations |
| dithyramb | A wildly enthusiastic speech / speech or piece of writing |
| document, written document, papers | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) |
| dramatic composition, dramatic work | A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. |
| editing, redaction | putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form |
| essay | An analytic or interpretive literary composition |
| inscription, lettering | letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something |
| literary composition, literary work | imaginative or creative writing |
| literature | creative writing of recognized / recognized artistic value |
| literature | published writings in a particular style on a particular subject / subject / subject |
| manuscript, ms | The form of a literary work submitted for publication |
| matter | written works (especially in books or magazines) |
| paragraph | One of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas |
| plagiarism | A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work |
| rewrite, revision, rescript | Something that has been written again |
| sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity |
| screed | A long piece of writing |
| section, subdivision | A self-contained part of a larger / larger composition / composition (written or musical) |
| title | (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action |
| transcript | Something that has been transcribed |
| treatise | A formal exposition |
| Broader | written communication, written language, black and white | Communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
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| Spanish | escrito, escritura |
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| Catalan | escriptura, escrit |
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English > writing: 5 senses > noun 4, communication| Meaning | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language. |
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| Examples | - "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"
- "the doctor's writing was illegible"
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| Narrower | capitalization, capitalisation | writing in capital letters |
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| coding system | A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages |
| handwriting, hand, script | Something written by hand |
| hieroglyph, hieroglyphic | writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible) |
| notation, notational system | A technical system of symbols used to represent special things |
| orthography, writing system | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
| printing, printing process | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication |
| printing | text handwritten in the style of printed matter |
| skywriting | writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane |
| typing, typewriting | writing done with a typewriter |
| Broader | written communication, written language, black and white | Communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
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| Spanish | alegoría, escrito, escritura, representación simbólica |
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| Catalan | escriptura, escrita |
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