- writing
- [[t]ra͟ɪtɪŋ[/t]]
♦♦writings1) N-UNCOUNT Writing is something that has been written or printed.
`It's from a notebook,' the sheriff said, `And there's writing on it.'...
If you have a complaint about your holiday, please inform us in writing.
2) N-UNCOUNT You can refer to any piece of written work as writing, especially when you are considering the style of language used in it.The writing is brutally tough and savagely humorous...
It was such a brilliant piece of writing.
3) N-UNCOUNT Writing is the activity of writing, especially of writing books for money.She had begun to be a little bored with novel writing...
There are a number of good pre-school work-books with activities to help prepare children for writing.
4) N-UNCOUNT: usu poss N Your writing is the way that you write with a pen or pencil, which can usually be recognized as belonging to you.It was a little difficult to read your writing...
I think it's due to being left handed that he's got terrible writing.
Syn:5) N-PLURAL: usu with poss An author's writings are all the things that he or she has written, especially on a particular subject.Althusser's writings are focused mainly on France...
The pieces he is reading are adapted from the writings of playwright and author Michael Frayn.
6) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that the writing is on the wall, you mean that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant.The writing is clearly on the wall. If we do nothing about it, we shall only have ourselves to blame.
English dictionary. 2008.
