- 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: --1 has particulars:drafting; dramatization, dramatisation; fabrication, fictionalization, fictionalisation; metrification; novelization, novelisation; redaction; lexicography; versification Derived form: verb write1 - 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:
--2 has particulars:epilogue, epilog; writing, written material, piece of writing; epilogue, epilog - 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- 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:- 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 - 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"