WRITING

writing

 noun

: the activity or work of writing books, poems, stories, etc.

: the way that you use written words to express your ideas or opinions

: books, poems, essays, letters, etc.

Full Definition of WRITING

1

:  the act or process of one who writes: as

a :  the act or art of forming visible letters or characters;specifically :  handwriting 1

b :  the act or practice of literary or musical composition

2

:  something written: as

a :  letters or characters that serve as visible signs of ideas, words, or symbols

b :  a letter, note, or notice used to communicate or record

c :  a written composition

d :  inscription

3

:  a style or form of composition

4

:  the occupation of a writer; especially :  the profession of authorship

— writing on the wall

:  handwriting on the wall

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Examples of WRITING

1. Writing usually isn't a lucrative career, but it has been very fulfilling for me.
2. He teaches creative writing at the university.
3. Few people nowadays care about the art of letter writing.
4. The novel's plot is okay, but the writing is horrible.
5. I asked a friend to critique my writing.
6. Her essay was a wonderful piece of writing.
7. She has a unique writing style.
8. Much of the best Japanese writing has not been translated into English.
9. the writings of Benjamin Franklin
10. a book of selected writings on moral philosophy

First Known Use of WRITING

13th century

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura,coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with WRITING

biting, flyting, lighting, whiting

writing

 noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

System of human visual communication using signs or symbols associated by convention with units of language—meanings or sounds—and recorded on materials such as paper, stone, or clay. Its precursor was pictography. Logography, in which symbols stand for individual words, typically develops from pictography. Logography requires thousands of symbols for all possible words and names. In phonographic systems, the symbol associated with a word also stands for similar- or identical-sounding words. Phonographic systems may evolve to the point where symbols represent syllables, constituting a syllabary. Analphabet provides symbols for all the consonants and vowels.

Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente, y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca. Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado y parece que un beso te cerrara la boca.  I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent, and you hear me from far away and my voice does not touch you. It seems as though your eyes had flown away and it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth. Como todas las cosas están llenas de mi alma emerges de las cosas, llena del alma mía. Mariposa de sueño, te pareces a mi alma, y te pareces a la palabra melancolía. As all things are filled with my soul you emerge from the things, filled with my soul. You are like my soul, a butterfly of dream, and you are like the word Melancholy. Me gustas cuando callas y estás como distante. Y estás como quejándote, mariposa en arrullo. Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza: déjame que me calle con el silencio tuyo. I like for you to be still, and you seem far away. It sounds as though you were lamenting, a butterfly cooing like a dove. And you hear me from far away, and my voice does not reach you: Let me come to be still in your silence. Déjame que te hable también con tu silencio claro como una lámpara, simple como un anillo. Eres como la noche, callada y constelada. Tu silencio es de estrella, tan lejano y sencillo. And let me talk to you with your silence that is bright as a lamp, simple as a ring. You are like the night, with its stillness and constellations. Your silence is that of a star, as remote and candid. Me gustas cuando callas porque estás como ausente. Distante y dolorosa como si hubieras muerto. Una palabra entonces, una sonrisa bastan. Y estoy alegre, alegre de que no sea cierto. I like for you to be still: it is as though you were absent, distant and full of sorrow as though you had died. One word then, one smile, is enough. And I am happy, happy that it's not true.