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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishwriting,writyng,wryting,wrytyng, fromOld Englishwrīting(“writing”), equivalent towrite +‎-ing.

Noun

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writing (countable anduncountable,pluralwritings)

  1. (uncountable)Graphism ofsymbols such asletters that express some meaning.
    • 2003, William G. Boltz,The Origin and the Development of the Chinese Writing System, page14:
      Becausewriting 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 thewriting writes.
    • 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir,Climate Change and the Health of Nations,→ISBN, page115:
      Earlywriting appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.
  2. (countable) Somethingwritten, such as adocument,article orbook.
  3. (uncountable) The process ofrepresenting a language with symbols or letters.
  4. (countable) Awork of anauthor.
    Congrats, you did an interesting piece ofwriting.
  5. (countable) The style of writing of a person.
    I can't read yourwriting.
  6. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
    awriting table
Synonyms
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Translations
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written letters or symbols
something written
process of representing a language
work of an author
style of writing
made for or used in writing

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishwritinge,wrytynge,writende,writand, fromOld Englishwrītende, present participle ofOld Englishwrītan(“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent towrite +‎-ing.

Verb

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writing

  1. presentparticiple andgerund ofwrite
    • 2016,VOA Learning English (public domain)
      What are you doing? ― Um, I’mwriting. ― You arewriting! You arewriting a lot!

Anagrams

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Old English

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Etymology

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Fromwrītan +‎-ing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwriː.tinɡ/,[ˈwriː.tiŋɡ]

Noun

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wrīting f

  1. writing

Declension

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Strongō-stem:

singularplural
nominativewrītingwrītinga,wrītinge
accusativewrītingewrītinga,wrītinge
genitivewrītingewrītinga
dativewrītingewrītingum

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