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writing

684 1.0
To create texts that express ideas, stories, or facts
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪtɪŋ/
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  • Many students enjoy writing essays and short stories in their English classes.
  • reading and writing
  • writing skills
  • student writing

This is what keeps writing exciting for me.

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Examples

  • I'm sure I'll get a lot of writing done there.

  • - It was my special place for writing.

  • And, and I still love writing and I still love reading.

  • The teacher can use language experiences and shared writing to model and encourage writing.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This is what keeps writing exciting for me.

  • Where do you do your writing?

  • Specifically, this study focused on the role of the writing center in children's writing development.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Tim is practicing his fine-motor skills during a writing lesson in the general education classroom.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Ms. Harper, a fourth-grade teacher, used interactive writing as part of her students' mathematical studies.

    Academic text (2013)
  • First, clear and high expectations for academic writing were consistently articulated in class lessons and rubrics.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

composition
vswriting
  • Literature
32 3.6

Creating written works, especially stories or essays

includes both artistic and factual texts rather than focusing on art
2 3.4

To share information by writing, for example in letters or emails

is the activity of making stories and articles as well as conveying information
penning
vswriting
1 5.0

The act of writing books, poems, or other creative works

is the broader skill of producing many types of text not only creative ones

Antonyms

15 3.9

Not able to read or write

Idioms

99 2.6

Someone writes it on paper or in a document instead of saying it

14 5.5

A clear sign that something bad will happen

Not very good or special

Compounds

13 3.4

The way a person uses words and sentences to share ideas on paper or screen

piece of writing
  • Specialized
9 2.1

A text that a person makes to share ideas, feelings, or stories

To make clear, correct text that others can read and understand

A task to write about a topic, usually for a class

3 2.3

A desk with a flat surface and small drawers for writing by hand

writing system
  • Specialized
2 3.5

A way to show a language's words using letters or characters

Thin paper you use to write letters by hand

secret writing
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A way of writing that uses codes so only certain people can read it

A desk with a flat top used for writing and often with drawers

A text that a religion treats as holy and important

A thing that you use to write, like a pen or pencil

A text seen as holy and used for worship or teaching in a religion

1 1.1

A pad of paper for making notes or short messages

Putting ideas on paper or a screen so they are recorded

alphabetic writing
  • Specialized
3.8

A system that uses letters to show the separate sounds of a language

picture writing
  • Specialized
7.0

A way that uses pictures to show words, ideas, or sounds

A small flat board attached to a chair to write on

A flat light board you hold on your lap to write on when you have no desk

A coloured liquid used in pens, permanent or washable

An electronic device or app that lets you put words and pictures on the screen and save them

A set of guides and templates that help you write

How Skilled

authorship
14 4.9
writing
684 1.0
note-taking
3 3.2
scribbling
7 3.5

Surface Forms

writing singular
writings plural

Morphology

writing = write (transparent) = write + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'write' forming a noun that denotes the activity; learners can derive this meaning from 'write' + '-ing'.

Etymology

Writing comes from an old English word writan, which meant 'to scratch' or 'cut' letters into wood or stone, because people once made words by scratching them into surfaces. So writing today means the activity or skill of making words and ideas on a page or screen.