Noun writing has 5 senses
  1. writing, authorship, composition, penning - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
    --1 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text; verbal creation; sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text; verbal creation
    --1 is a part of Tanakh, Tanach, Hebrew Scripture
    --1 has parts:
     Ruth, Book of Ruth; I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles; II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles; Ezra, Book of Ezra; Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah; Esther, Book of Esther; Job, Book of Job; Psalms, Book of Psalms; Proverbs, Book of Proverbs; Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes; Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles; Lamentations, Book of Lamentations; Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel; 1 of 5 senses of writing ; Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings; Ruth, Book of Ruth; I Chronicles, 1 Chronicles; II Chronicles, 2 Chronicles; Ezra, Book of Ezra; Nehemiah, Book of Nehemiah; Esther, Book of Esther; Job, Book of Job; Psalms, Book of Psalms; Proverbs, Book of Proverbs; Ecclesiastes, Book of Ecclesiastes; Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, Canticle of Canticles, Canticles; Lamentations, Book of Lamentations; Daniel, Book of Daniel, Book of the Prophet Daniel; 1 of 5 senses of writing
    --1 has particulars:
     drafting; dramatization, dramatisation; fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation; metrification; novelization, novelisation; redaction; lexicography; versification
    Derived form: verb write1
  2. writing, written material, piece of writing - the work of a writer; 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"
    --2 is a kind of written communication, written language; written communication, written language
    --2 has parts:
     epilogue, epilog; writing, written material, piece of writing; epilogue, epilog
    --2 has particulars:
     bowdlerization, bowdlerisation; title; cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing; rewrite, revision, rescript; literary composition, literary work; literature; literature; matter; criticism, literary criticism; section, subdivision; paragraph; diary, journal; inscription, lettering; manuscript, ms; autograph; treatise; adaptation, version; essay; editing, redaction; sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text; screed; Ayurveda; document, written document, papers; dramatic composition, dramatic work; dithyramb; plagiarism; transcript
  3. writing - (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
    --3 is a kind of
    written communication, written language; oeuvre, work, body of work; written communication, written language; oeuvre, work, body of work
    --3 has particulars: patristics, patrology
  4. writing - letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"
    --4 is a kind of
    written communication, written language; written communication, written language
    --4 has particulars:
     orthography, writing system; coding system; capitalization, capitalisation; typing, typewriting; printing; handwriting, hand, script; hieroglyph, hieroglyphic; skywriting; printing, printing process; notation, notational system
  5. writing, committal to writing - the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"
    --5 is a kind of activity; activity
    --5 has particulars:
     cryptography, coding, secret writing; handwriting; inscription; notation
    Derived form: verb write2
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