written

B1 Topic:Communication
US /ˈɹɪ.tn̩/
adj verb Freq #1265

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Expressed in writing rather than spoken.

    Please give me your answer in written form.

  2. 2
    verb

    Past participle of write.

    Has your friend written you a letter yet?

  3. 3
    adj

    Relating to the language used in writing rather than in speech.

    I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I struggle with written Japanese.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · expressed in writing rather... scripted
Word family
Derived forms above-writtenbewrittencustom-writtenhand-writtenunwrittennesswrittenness

Common collocations

Etymology

Morphologically write + -en.

Topics

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