noun
writing
RYE-ting/ˈraɪtɪŋ/
The activity of expressing ideas in written words, or the words produced.
The writing on the paper consists of a short handwritten phrase.
Etymology
With its action-noun ending, writing first named the process of forming letters and recording words. It then came to name the product of that activity: a text or body of written material.
In context
the ideas that's a much harder task well the first writing goes back five centuries and you have symbols which convey ideas that are related to one another here in writing
More examples
- Writing helps me organize my thoughts.
- Her writing makes complex ideas easy to understand.
- We study the writings of several American poets.
Forms
Similar words
- composition
- Emphasizes the process of creating and arranging a text.
- text
- Refers to the written words, not the activity.