(~s)
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 ~ on it.’...
If you have a complaint about your holiday, please inform us in ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to any piece of written work as ~, especially when you are considering the style of language used in it.
The ~ is brutally tough and savagely humorous...
It was such a brilliant piece of ~.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Writing is the activity of ~, especially of ~ books for money.
She had begun to be a little bored with novel ~.
...activities to help prepare children for ~.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
Your ~ 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 ~...
I think it’s due to being left handed that he’s got terrible ~.
= hand~
N-UNCOUNT: usu poss N
5.
An author’s ~s are all the things that he or she has written, especially on a particular subject.
Althusser’s ~s are focused mainly on France...
The pieces he is reading are adapted from the ~s of Michael Frayn.
N-PLURAL: usu with poss
6.
If you say that the ~ is on the wall, you mean that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant.
The ~ is clearly on the wall. If we do nothing about it, we shall only have ourselves to blame.
PHRASE: V inflects