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English
> 1 sense of the expression
writing system
:
NOUN
communication
writing system
,
orthography
a
method
of
representing
the
sounds
of a
language
by
written
or
printed symbols
English
>
writing system
: 1 sense
> noun 1, communication
Meaning
A
method
of
representing
the
sounds
of a
language
by
written
or
printed symbols
.
Synonym
orthography
Instances
Linear A
An
undeciphered
writing system
used in
Crete
in the
17th
century
B.C.
Members
hyphenation
Connecting
syllables
and
words
by
hyphens
punctuation
The use of certain
marks
to
clarify
meaning
/
meaning
of
written material
by
grouping
words
grammatically
into
sentences
and
clauses
and
phrases
Parts
punctuation
,
punctuation mark
The
marks
used to
clarify
meaning
/
meaning
by indicating
separation
of
words
into
sentences
and
clauses
and
phrases
word division
,
hyphenation
division
of a
word
especially
at the
end
of a line on a
page
Narrower
alphabetic writing
,
alphabetic script
A
writing system
based on
alphabetic characters
boustrophedon
An
ancient
writing system
hieroglyph
,
hieroglyphic
A
writing system
using
picture
symbols
ideography
The use of
ideograms
in
writing
picture writing
A
writing system
using
pictographs
point system
A system of
writing
or
printing
using patterns of raised
dots
that can be
read
by
touch
script
A particular
orthography
or
writing system
spelling
forming
words
with
letters
according to the
principles
underlying
accepted
usage
Broader
writing
letters
or
symbols
that are written or
imprinted
on a
surface
to
represent
the
sounds
or
words
of a
language
Spanish
escritura
,
ortografía
,
sistema de escritura
Catalan
ortografia
,
sistema d'escriptura
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