noun
                                                the act of creating written works
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the work of a writer
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                                                                                                                                                                        written material
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                piece of writing
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
- the writing in her novels is excellent
- that editorial was a fine piece of writing
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (usually plural) the collected work of an author
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show
- the doctor's writing was illegible
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the activity of putting something in written form
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                                                                                                                                                                        committal to writing
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - she did the thinking while he did the writing
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                produce a literary work
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - She composed a poem
- He wrote four novels
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                communicate or express by writing
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - He wrote about his great love for his wife
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                communicate (with) in writing
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Write her soon, please!
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                write music
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Beethoven composed nine symphonies
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                mark or trace on a surface
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper
- Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                record data on a computer
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                                                                                                        - boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - He spelled the word wrong in this letter
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                create code, write a computer program
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - She writes code faster than anybody else