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writting

writting is the obsolete form of writing.

Meaning of writing

Noun

writing (countable and uncountable, plural writings)

  1. (uncountable) 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
    Synonyms:
    text
  2. (countable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
  3. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
  4. (countable) A work of an author.
    • Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.
    Synonyms:
    work
  5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.
    • I can't read your writing.
    Synonyms:
    hand, handwriting
  6. Intended for or used in writing.
    • a writing table

Forms of writting

pluralwrittings

Questions about writting

What is writting the obsolete form of?
Writting is the obsolete form of writing.

Words near writting in the dictionary

  1. written the book
  2. written up
  3. written-off
  4. writtenness
  5. writter
  6. writting
  7. writtings
  8. Writtle
  9. wrixle
  10. wrixled
  11. wrixles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: writting (page history and authors); writing (page history and authors). 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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