writing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of creating written works
writing was a form of therapy for him
Types & categories
- verbal creation hypernym
- adoxography hyponym
- drafting hyponym
- dramatization hyponym
- fabrication hyponym
- historiography hyponym
- metrification hyponym
- novelization hyponym
- redaction hyponym
- lexicography hyponym
- versification hyponym
Related & opposite
- author derivation
- pen derivation
- pen has domain topic
- write on has domain topic
- profile has domain topic
- paragraph has domain topic
- dash off has domain topic
- rewrite has domain topic
- write copy has domain topic
- dramatize has domain topic
- draft has domain topic
- author has domain topic
- co-author has domain topic
- ghostwrite has domain topic
- footnote has domain topic
- reference has domain topic
- write out has domain topic
- script has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- black and white hypernym
- bowdlerization hyponym
- title hyponym
- secret writing hyponym
- rewrite hyponym
- literary composition hyponym
- literature hyponym
- literature hyponym
- matter hyponym
- literary criticism hyponym
- section hyponym
- paragraph hyponym
- diary hyponym
- inscription hyponym
- manuscript hyponym
- autograph hyponym
- treatise hyponym
- adaptation hyponym
- essay hyponym
- redaction hyponym
- sacred text hyponym
- screed hyponym
- document hyponym
- dramatic composition hyponym
- dithyramb hyponym
- plagiarism hyponym
- transcript hyponym
- Ayurveda instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- epilogue part meronym
Sense 3 noun
(usually plural) the collected work of an author
the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings
Types & categories
- oeuvre hypernym
- black and white hypernym
- patristics hyponym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Sense 4 noun
letters or symbols that are 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
Types & categories
- black and white hypernym
- orthography hyponym
- coding system hyponym
- capitalization hyponym
- typing hyponym
- printing hyponym
- handwriting hyponym
- hieroglyph hyponym
- skywriting hyponym
- printing process hyponym
- notation hyponym
Sense 5 noun
the activity of putting something in written form
she did the thinking while he did the writing
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
- coding hyponym
- handwriting hyponym
- inscription hyponym
- notation hyponym
Related & opposite
- write derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | author |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pen |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | pen |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | write on |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | profile |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | paragraph |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | dash off |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rewrite |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | write copy |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | dramatize |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | draft |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | author |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | co-author |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | ghostwrite |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | footnote |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | reference |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | write out |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | script |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | verbal creation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adoxography |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drafting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dramatization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fabrication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | historiography |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metrification |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | novelization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redaction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lexicography |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | versification |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | epilogue |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | black and white |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowdlerization |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | title |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | secret writing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rewrite |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | literary composition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | literature |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | literature |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | matter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | literary criticism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | section |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | paragraph |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | diary |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inscription |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | manuscript |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | autograph |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | treatise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | adaptation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | essay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | redaction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sacred text |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | screed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | document |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dramatic composition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dithyramb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plagiarism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | transcript |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ayurveda |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | oeuvre |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | black and white |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | patristics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | black and white |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | orthography |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | coding system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | capitalization |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | typing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | printing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | handwriting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hieroglyph |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | skywriting |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | printing process |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | notation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | write |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | coding |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | handwriting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | inscription |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | notation |