· the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

Synonym(s): authorship, composition, penning

Hypernym(s): verbal_creation

· 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"

Synonym(s): written_material, piece_of_writing

Hypernym(s): written_communication, written_language, black_and_white

· (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

Hypernym(s): written_communication, written_language, black_and_white, oeuvre, work, body_of_work

· 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"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"

Hypernym(s): written_communication, written_language, black_and_white

· the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"

Synonym(s): committal_to_writing

Hypernym(s): activity

· produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

Synonym(s): compose, pen, indite

Hypernym(s): create_verbally

· communicate or express by writing; "He wrote about his great love for his wife"

Hypernym(s): communicate, intercommunicate

· communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"

Synonym(s): drop_a_line

Hypernym(s): correspond

· write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

Synonym(s): compose

Hypernym(s): make, create

· mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

Hypernym(s): trace, draw, line, describe, delineate

· record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

Synonym(s): save

Hypernym(s): record, tape

· write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

Synonym(s): spell

· create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"

Hypernym(s): create_by_mental_act, create_mentally