transcription, транскрипция: [ raɪtɪŋ ]
( writings)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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.
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2.
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.
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3.
Writing is the activity of writing, especially of writing books for money.
She had begun to be a little bored with novel writing.
...activities to help prepare children for writing.
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4.
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.
= handwriting
N-UNCOUNT : usu poss N
5.
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 Michael Frayn.
N-PLURAL : usu with poss
6.
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.
PHRASE : V inflects