writing

[ rahy-ting ]

/ ˈraɪ tɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that writes.

written form: to commit one's thoughts to writing.

that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible.

such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc.

an inscription.

a letter.

any written or printed paper, as a document or deed.

literary or musical style, form, quality, technique, etc.: Her writing is stilted.

a literary composition or production.

the profession of a writer: He turned to writing at an early age.

the Writings, Hagiographa.

Idioms for writing

writing on the wall. handwriting(def 4).

Origin of writing

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at write, -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM writing

self-writ·ing, adjective un·writ·ing, adjective

Words nearby writing

writer's block, writer's cramp, writerly, writhe, writhen, writing, writing case, writing desk, writing hand, writing on the wall, writing paper

Definition for writings (2 of 2)

Hagiographa

[ hag-ee-og-ruh-fuh, hey-jee- ]

/ ˌhæg iˈɒg rə fə, ˌheɪ dʒi- /

noun (used with a singular verb)

the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

Also called the Writings.

Compare Law of Moses, Prophets.

Origin of Hagiographa

< Late Latin < Greek: sacred writings, equivalent to hagio- hagio- + -grapha, neuter plural of -graphos -graph

Example sentences from the Web for writings

How sad, then, that her writings make scant mention the other great thinkers of her age.

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We do have the writings of Sextus Julius Frontinus—but what he wrote was a treatise on aqueducts.

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The vast majority of the authors listed, however, have none of their writings preserved for us, or mere fragments at most.

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Perhaps more enduring than her writings will be her role as the last public intellectual.

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Neither Arabic or Swahili writings make note of Gedi, despite it being located 65 miles from the port city of Mombasa.

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Subsequent to the correspondence with Gowrie, in 1582, nothing further is known of these writings.

Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) |Henry Glassford Bell
Men of wit and learning employ themselves to celebrate his talents, and to express their approbation of his writings.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, Issue 350, January 3, 1829 |Various
The two most important of his writings now remaining are the two Apologies.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 |Various
That he was often disappointed in these efforts, is shown by more than one passage in his writings.

Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume 2 (of 14), 1899 |Various
For at mealtimes it was his custom to read the writings of great men.

The Burning Spear |John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for writings (1 of 3)

Writings

/ (ˈraɪtɪŋz) /

pl n

the Writings another term for the Hagiographa

British Dictionary definitions for writings (2 of 3)

writing

/ (ˈraɪtɪŋ) /

noun

a group of letters or symbols written or marked on a surface as a means of communicating ideas by making each symbol stand for an idea, concept, or thing, by using each symbol to represent a set of sounds grouped into syllables (syllabic writing), or by regarding each symbol as corresponding roughly or exactly to each of the sounds in the language (alphabetic writing) See also ideogram

short for handwriting

anything expressed in letters, esp a literary composition

the work of a writer

literary style, art, or practice

written form give it to me in writing

(modifier) related to or used in writing writing ink

writing on the wall a sign or signs of approaching disaster

Word Origin for writing

sense 8: allusion to Daniel 5:5

British Dictionary definitions for writings (3 of 3)

Hagiographa

/ (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə) /

noun

the third of the three main parts into which the books of the Old Testament are divided in Jewish tradition (the other two parts being the Law and the Prophets), comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, the Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles Also called: Writings

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