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writings   (TTS Sound)

The noun writings has 1 sense

• Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings -- (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

The noun writing has 5 senses

• writing, authorship, composition, penning -- (the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship")


• writing, written material, piece of writing -- (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")


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


• writing -- (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")


• writing, committal to writing -- (the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing")