writing

CEFRA1

/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Words written on paper or in a digital form.

  2. 02

    noun

    The activity or skill of creating written words.

Examples

  • She spends her free time writing short stories for children.

  • There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something written, such as a document, article or book.

  2. The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

  3. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.

More examples

In context

  • I utterly despise formal writing!

  • Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.

  • I can't read your writing.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The act of putting words on paper to express thoughts is called blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.