writing

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the activity of putting something in written form

   I came up with all the ideas and my partner did the writing.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of creating written works

   writing was a form of therapy for him

3. 3
   noun

   letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

   I turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show.

4. 4
   noun

   (usually plural) the collected work of an author

   the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   A work of an author.

   Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.

7. 7
   noun

   The style of writing of a person.

   I can't read your writing.

8. 8
   noun

   Intended for or used in writing.

   a writing table

Etymology

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.