writing
Syllables: writ·ing/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/
writing noun: graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning. Also the present participle and gerund of write.
Noun
writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)
- Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech[…], to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.2003, William G. Boltz, The Origin and the Development of the Chinese Writing System, page 14
- Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 115
- Synonyms:
- text
- Something written, such as a document, article or book.
- Synonyms:
- document, manuscript, text
- The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
- A work of an author.
- Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.
- Synonyms:
- work
- The style of writing of a person.
- I can't read your writing.
- Synonyms:
- hand, handwriting
- Intended for or used in writing.
- a writing table
Also used as
writing is also the present participle and gerund of write.
writing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
writing in Hindi
- written letters or symbols
- लेखन lekhan, लिखाई likhāī
- something written
- लिखित likhit, लेख lekh
- process of representing a language
- लेख lekh
- work of an author
- रचना racnā, लेख lekh
writing in Tamil
- written letters or symbols
- எழுத்து eḻuttu, எழுதுதல் eḻututal
writing in Marathi
- written letters or symbols
- लेखन lekhan
- something written
- लेखन lekhan
writing in Urdu
- written letters or symbols
- لیکَھن lekhan
More languagesFewer languages
- writing in Bengali
- লিখন likhon
- writing in Telugu
- రాత rāta, రచన racana, రచనలు racanalu
- writing in Malayalam
- എഴുത്ത് eḻuttŭ
- writing in Kannada
- ಬರವಣಿಗೆ baravaṇige
- writing in Punjabi
- ਲਿਖਾਈ likhāī
- writing in Gujarati
- લેખન
- writing in Odia
- ଲେଖାଲେଖି
- writing in Nepali
- लेखन, लेख्ने, लेख्न
- writing in Tagalog
- panulatan
- writing in Arabic
- كِتَابَة kitāba, كتبة
- writing in Malay
- tulisan, penulisan
- writing in Indonesian
- tulisan, penulisan, kepenulisan, karangan
- writing in Thai
- การเขียน gaan-kǐian
- writing in Vietnamese
- chữ viết
- writing in Myanmar
- အရေးအသား a.re:a.sa:
Examples of writing in a sentence
- I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
- I really need to get into the habit of writing down what I spend.
- Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.
Synonyms of writing
4 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of writing
| plural | writings |
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Origin of writing
From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.
From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.
Words formed from writing
- automatic writing
- bookwriting
- brainwriting
- creative writing
- cyberwriting
- e-writing
- fanwriting
- foodwriting
- food writing
- food-writing
- footwriting
- freewriting
- gagwriting
- handwriting
- hymnwriting
- hyperwriting
- in writing
- kickwriting
- majuscule writing
- metawriting
- newswriting
- night writing
- nonwriting
- not worth writing home about
- packet writing
- patchwriting
- playwriting
- protowriting
- put in writing
- scorewriting
- screenwriting
- scriptwriting
- signwriting
- skywriting
- sky writing
- slate writing
- songwriting
- speechwriting
- speedwriting
- spirit writing
- sportswriting
- technical writing
- tendency writing
- the writing is on the wall
- typewriting
- wedge-writing
- writing arm
- writing board
- writing book
- writing desk
- writing hand
- writing implement
- writing lark
- writing machine
- writing master
- writing obligatory
- writing on the wall
- writing pad
- writing paper
- writing school
Phrases with writing
- writing in
- writing up
- writing off
- writing out
- writing down
- writing over
- writing pads
- cross writing
- ghost writing
- wedge writing
- writing desks
- writing larks
16 more phrasesFewer phrases
- writing boards
- writing itself
- writing papers
- writing spider
- writing system
- puts in writing
- writing masters
- writing spiders
- writing systems
- writing the book
- putting in writing
- criss-cross writing
- writing for the drawer
- writing one's own ticket
- writing checks one can't cash
- writing cheques one can't cash
Words that rhyme with writing
Questions about writing
- What does writing mean?
- Writing means graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
- What is writing in Hindi?
- Writing in Hindi is लेखन (lekhan), लिखाई (likhāī), लेख (lekh). See Writing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is writing?
- Writing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce writing?
- Writing is pronounced /ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of writing?
- The plural of writing is writings.
Words near writing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: writing (page history and authors); writing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); writing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); writing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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