writing
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
writing/ˈrʌɪtɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the activity or skill of writing.
- 2 written work, especially with regard to its style or quality.
■ (writings) books or other written works.
- 3 a sequence of letters or symbols forming coherent words.
■ handwriting.
– phrases
in writing in written form.
the writing (or N. Amer. handwriting) is on the wall there are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen. [with biblical allusion to Dan. 5:5, 25–8.]
in writing in written form.
the writing (or N. Amer. handwriting) is on the wall there are clear signs that something unpleasant or unwelcome is going to happen. [with biblical allusion to Dan. 5:5, 25–8.]
'writing' also found in these Oxford entries:
ad fin.
- affectation
- agraphia
- allograph
- alright
- amanuensis
- anthology
- article
- automatic writing
- balderdash
- ballpoint pen
- bawdry
- bawdy
- better
- biography
- blackboard
- blotting paper
- boilerplate
- bond paper
- book
- bureau
- cameo
- card
- chalk
- Chaucerian
- chequebook
- Ciceronian
- clerical error
- clipboard
- close
- codex
- compendium
- con
- condense
- confessional
- copperplate
- counterpoint
- covenant
- crabbed
- cryptography
- cryptology
- cuneiform
- cursive
- Dark Ages
- dash
- dateline
- davenport
- deltiologist
- demotic
- depose
