writing Definition

write
verb wrote (past tense), written (past participle), writing (present participle)

tr & intr
1. To mark or produce (letters, symbols, numbers, words, sentences, etc) on a surface, especially paper, usually using a pen or pencil.
2a. To compose or create (a book or music, etc) in manuscript, typescript or on computer, etc;

Thesaurus: compose, draft, formulate, create.
2b. To be the author or composer of (a book or music, etc).
intr
3. To compose novels or contribute articles to newspapers, etc, especially as a living.
4. To inscribe or engrave (a surface).
5. To make or fill in (a document or form, etc).
tr & intr
6. To compose (a letter, etc).

Example: I must write to him
7. To say or express in a letter, article or book, etc.

Thesaurus: jot down, pen, record, scribble, communicate.
8. To put up-to-date information in (a diary, etc).
9. To include (a condition, etc) in a contract, or will, etc.
10. To underwrite (an insurance policy).
11. To fill (pages or sheets, etc) with writing.
12. To display clearly.

Example: Guilt was written all over his face
13. To decree or foretell.
14. computing.
To transfer (data) to a memory or storage device.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon writan.

Phrasal Verb: write something down

To put it down or record it in writing.To reduce its accounting value. See also write-down.

Phrasal Verb: write down to someone

To write in a simplified style for their benefit.

Phrasal Verb: write in

To write a letter formally to an organization, TV programme, etc.

Phrasal Verb: write off

To write and send a letter of request.
Example: I wrote off for a catalogue

Phrasal Verb: write something off

To damage a vehicle (in a crash) beyond repair. See also write-off.To cancel (a debt).To discontinue (a project, etc) because it is likely to fail.To dismiss something as being of no importance.

Phrasal Verb: write something out

To write it in full; to copy or transcribe it.To remove a character or scene from a film or serial, etc.

Phrasal Verb: write something up

To write or rewrite it in a final form.To bring (a diary or accounts, etc) up to date.To write about it or review it, especially approvingly. See also write-up.

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writing
noun

1. Written or printed words.
2. Handwriting.

Thesaurus: calligraphy, scribble, script, scrawl.
3a. A literary composition;

Thesaurus: publication, opus, work, composition.
3b. The art or activity of literary composition.

Thesaurus: letters, composition, penmanship.
4. Literary work.

Thesaurus: literature, letters, belles-lettres, work.
Form: writings (usually)
5. A form of script.

Example: Chinese writing

Idiom: in writing

Said of a promise or other commitment: in written form, especially as being firm proof of intention, etc.