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Definition: Writing |
WritingNoun1. The act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship". 2. 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". 3. (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings". 4. Letters or symbols 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". 5. The activity of putting something in written form: "she did the thinking while he did the writing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "writing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Writing The art of writing must have been known in the time of the early Pharaohs. Moses is commanded "to write for a memorial in a book" (Ex. 17:14) a record of the attack of Amalek. Frequent mention is afterwards made of writing (28:11, 21, 29, 36; 31:18; 32:15, 16; 34:1, 28; 39:6, 14, 30). The origin of this art is unknown, but there is reason to conclude that in the age of Moses it was well known. The inspired books of Moses are the most ancient extant writings, although there are written monuments as old as about B.C. 2000. The words expressive of "writing," "book," and "ink," are common to all the branches or dialects of the Semitic language, and hence it has been concluded that this art must have been known to the earliest Semites before they separated into their various tribes, and nations, and families. "The Old Testament and the discoveries of Oriental archaeology alike tell us that the age of the Exodus was throughout the world of Western Asia an age of literature and books, of readers and writers, and that the cities of Palestine were stored with the contemporaneous records of past events inscribed on imperishable clay. They further tell us that the kinsfolk and neighbours of the Israelites were already acquainted with alphabetic writing, that the wanderers in the desert and the tribes of Edom were in contact with the cultured scribes and traders of Ma'in [Southern Arabia], and that the 'house of bondage' from which Israel had escaped was a land where the art of writing was blazoned not only on the temples of the gods, but also on the dwellings of the rich and powerful.", Sayce. (See DEBIR; PHOENICIA.) The "Book of the Dead" was a collection of prayers and formulae, by the use of which the souls of the dead were supposed to attain to rest and peace in the next world. It was composed at various periods from the earliest time to the Persian conquest. It affords an interesting glimpse into the religious life and system of belief among the ancient Egyptians. We learn from it that they believed in the existence of one Supreme Being, the immortality of the soul, judgement after death, and the resurrection of the body. It shows, too, a high state of literary activity in Egypt in the time of Moses. It refers to extensive libraries then existing. That of Ramessium, in Thebes, e.g., built by Rameses II., contained 20,000 books. When the Hebrews entered Canaan it is evident that the art of writing was known to the original inhabitants, as appears, e.g., from the name of the city Debir having been at first Kirjath-sepher, i.e., the "city of the book," or the "book town" (Josh. 10:38; 15:15; Judg. 1:11). The first mention of letter-writing is in the time of David (2 Sam. 11:14, 15). Letters are afterwards frequently spoken of (1 Kings 21:8, 9, 11; 2 Kings 10:1, 3, 6, 7; 19:14; 2 Chr. 21:12-15; 30:1, 6-9, etc.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | The action of making a permanent or transient recording of data in a storage device or on a data medium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are writing, foretells that you will make a mistake which will almost prove your undoing. To see writing, denotes that you will be upbraided for your careless conduct and a lawsuit may cause you embarrassment. To try to read strange writing, signifies that you will escape enemies only by making no new speculation after this dream. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | The process of introducing information corresponding to the input signal, usually into some form of storage. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A writer is a person who, for monetary or personal gain, composes documents. These documents can be fiction or non-fiction, and fall under many subcategories but are usually first thought of as book authors or novelists.
A writer can be nearly anyone, but it is often someone who has chosen to write as a profession. Skilled writers are adept at using language to portray ideas.
A writer may compose in many different forms, including, but not limited to, poetry, prose, music (see: composer), technical writing, journalism and academic papers.
The work done by a writer is frequently considered part of the cultural content of a society, and is seen as an art much like the visual arts (see painting, sculpture, photography), music, craft and performance art (see: drama, theatre, opera, musical).
See also: author, lists of authors, style guide.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Writing is the process of recording characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other larger language constructs. The instrument or instruments used for recording, and the medium on which the recording is done can be almost infinite, and can be done by any instrument capable of making marks on any surface that will accept them; writing has even been done at nearly the atomic level. Writing can be done even on a grain of rice. The durability is often very good, but very volatile is e.g. writing in the sand; writing on a blackboard is also for short-term use and often erased after some minutes or hours.Writing is also often used to describe the craft of creating a larger work of literature. This is an extension of the original meaning, which would include the act of writing longer texts. (Interestingly, if this is done on a typewriter, the physical act of making the marks on the paper in the typewriter would be called typing, whereas the intellectual activity involved in generating the letters, words and sentences would be called "writing".) Writing in this sense can refer to the production of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and sometimes letters.
Most of time, writing aims to produce works that are target of reading.
Typically, however, one will use a writing utensil (such as a pen or pencil) to write characters on paper; or a computer (or typewriter) to record characters to disk, (electromagnetic tape, CD-ROM, or other computer medium on which information can be recorded). The use of pen and paper has historical primacy, and one could argue that the second is merely analogous to writing. Still, as commonly used, writing refers to recording visual characters on physical or electronic media.
In the western world, this means putting characters together to form words and sentences. In cultures using ideograms, each character used represents a word or concept, and can then be put together with others to form sentences.
Writing is believed to have originated by the simple drawing of ideograms: for example, a drawing of an apple represents an apple, and a drawing of two legs may represent the concept of walking or standing. From this origin, the symbols become more abstract, eventually evolving into symbols which seem unrelated to the original symbol. For example, the letter N in English is actually from an Egyptian hieroglyph representing the same sound, but depicting waves in water - the Egyptian word for water contains only one consonant /n/, and the picture eventually came to represent not only the idea of water, but the sound /n/ as well.
Writing with the intent to communicate has been viewed spontaneously in non-humans. Work with the bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha in the United States has provided one such example. The examples which occur are very few, but the origin of bonobo "writing" seems to be analogous to the origin of human writing.
An exception to the general rule that writing is an attempt to communicate is the writing in unknown scripts or languages alleged by mediums to be communicated to them by ghosts, spirits, or other, generally supernatural or extraterrestrial entities. This technique is known as automatic writing.
Writing that blends meaning and transcription is called constrained writing.
Sometimes writing is done in invisible ink that can be later decoded, if the message is intended to be secret and only for the recipient or recipients.
Rarely, "writing" is used to refer to the making of marks using various methods, that is not, strictly speaking, writing, as in the "indecipherable writing" (a type of surautomatism) developed by the Romanian surrealists; "indecipherable writing" is actually more akin to what would commonly be described as drawing or painting than writing.
The borderline between prehistory and history is usually taken to be the time from when we have written records. The importance of writing for history and record keeping comes from the fact that it allows information to be stored and communicated across generations, in addition to between individuals (as language enables.)
See also author, communication, linguistics, orthography, pencil, printing, publishing, speech, word processing, writer, boustrophedon text.
Further reading
- A History of Writing: From Hieroglyph to Multimedia , edited by Anne-Marie Christin, Flammarion (in French), hardcover: 408 pages , 2002), ISBN 2080108875
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Synonyms: WritingSynonyms: authorship (n), committal to writing (n), composition (n), penning (n), piece of writing (n), written material (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Noun: booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book. |
Compendium | Album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta; compilation. |
Indication | Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement. |
Ornament | Big-sounding words, high-sounding words; macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine; inflation, pretension; rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad; fine writing; sesquipedality; Minerva press. |
Record | Verb: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory; (remember); commemorate; (celebrate); report; (inform); write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return. |
Writing | Writing, manuscript, MS., literae scriptae; these presents. |
Shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography. | |
Noun: writing; Verb: chirography, stelography, cerography; penmanship, craftmanship; quill driving; typewriting. | |
Letter; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari; script. | |
Adjective: writing; Verb: written; Verb: in writing, in black and white; under one's hand. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Writing |
| English words defined with "writing": alphabetic writing ♦ Majuscule writing, Mirror writing ♦ Picture writing, piece of writing ♦ religious writing ♦ sacred writing, secret writing ♦ writing arm, writing board, Writing desk, Writing paper, writing style, Writing table. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "writing": packet writing, Proposal Writing ♦ writing chair. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "writing": Writative. (references) |
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Screenplays | I don't know about you, but I intend on writing a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) You're never gonna leave South Boston and I'm gonna see the whole damn world. You'll never know the pleasure of writing a priceless sentence (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) I am writing here the name of a girl in the class who makes me sick (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson) It is not a comedy I'm writing now. (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard) I'm just writing the report now. We haven't quite decided whether he committed suicide or died trying to escape (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) | |
Lyrics | One fine day I started writing home (Speed Kills; performing artist: 10CC) I can read the writing on the wall (Kodachrome; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon) I have seen the writing on the wall ("Another Brick in the Wall"; performing artist: Pink Floyd) But when you read the writing on the wall (Can't Cry Anymore; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) People writing songs that voices never share (The Sound Of Silence; performing artist: Simon and Garfunkel) | |
Clever | Karl Marx's mother: If Karl, instead of writing a lot about capital, had made a lot of it; it would have been much better. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Henry Miller: Reflections On Writing (1974) Never Put It In Writing (1964) The Writing on the Wall (1916) I Stop Writing the Poem (2000) Backward Writing (2000) | |
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 | Shown is a woman sitting at a desk writing down her doctor's appointment into her appointment book. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Early level crew - taking the back sight Umbrella shading instrument, recorder writing down observations and computing Level party of W.H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Observing in western Nebraska Chase, Smith, and Nicodemus Recorder sitting and writing down angle observations Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Recorder sitting and writing angles as observer measures angles with theodolite. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Underwater writing slates were used to record the different species adhering to the top, side and interior roof of pipes over time. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Pioneer writing on rocksEngravingOregon Trail ReenactmentUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Forty-second anniversary of voice writing, Ediphone convention of 1919;1919;{10.112/16}. |  | Caption: Edison in the Chemistry Lab Writing in His Notebook about Rubber Experiments; West Orange, NJ; December 1928; {14.720/35} (jpg). |
 | Base Hospital No. 9. Chateauroux, France : Reading and writing room equipped by American Red Cross. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | U.S. Army. Hospital Center, Savenay, France. : Red Cross Hut- Writing Room. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Writing" by Ricardo Sousa Commentary: "Writing ..." | "Toth" by Stella Reese Commentary: "Relief of Toth, the ancient egyptian god of writing (in the Vatican Museum)." |
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(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many. |
Benjamin Franklin | Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. |
Horace | Barefaced poverty drove me to writing verses. |
Jules Renard | Whenever I apply myself to writing, literature comes between us. |
Norman Mailer | Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | There is creative reading as well as creative writing. |
Steven Wright | I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography. |
Thomas Carlyle | Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. |
Walter Savage Landor | The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander. |
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US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained? (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Receipt thereof shall be acknowledged in writing by Germany. (reference) |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Writing this note in the margin of the Angles report, we will return to our four couples |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He saw the rector sitting at a desk writing. |
Brighton Beach Memoirs | Neil Simon | Actually, I'd give up writing if I could see a naked girl while I was eating ice cream |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Then I took down the sentence in writing. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | To him Homer was a great writer, though what his writing was about he did not know |
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Health | They begin to have problems speaking, understanding, reading, or writing. (references) | |
Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder characterized by writing disabilities. (references) | ||
Specifically, the disorder causes a person's writing to be distorted or incorrect. (references) | ||
Business | The writing in the second language should exactly correspond to that in Arabic. (references) | |
For information on a specific product’s duty rate, please submit a request in writing including H.S. codes to the Customs Information Office. (references) | ||
Any company not currently registered with the GSD wishing to be considered for inclusion in these lists may apply in writing to the Director of Government Supplies. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Liberia | On August 22, Dean was released after apologizing in writing to Mulbah. (references) |
Uganda | All four continued writing; however, they temporarily practiced some self-censorship. (references) | |
Turkey | However, some journalists remained in prison at year's end for writing about sensitive subjects. (references) | |
Economic History | Maldives | BOP data for 2000 was not available at the time of writing this report. (references) |
Japan | About AD 405, the Japanese court officially adopted the Chinese writing system. (references) | |
China | This writing, however, takes place before Working Party discussions are completed. (references) | |
Human Rights | Kazakhstan | The Commission receives complaints from citizens in person, by telephone or in writing. (references) |
Seychelles | Family members were allowed monthly visits, and prisoners have access to reading but not writing materials. (references) | |
Slovenia | The authorities must advise detainees in writing within 24 hours, in their own language, of the reasons for the arrest. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | The practices of traditional indigenous religions often are shrouded by secrecy, and include exclusive initiation rites, oaths of silence, and taboos against writing down orally transmitted history. (references) |
Bhutan | The Government denies this and asserts that a three-member village committee, typically ethnic Nepalese in southern districts, certifies in writing that a resident is a Bhutanese citizen in cases where documents cannot be produced. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | Dismissals of workers must be justified in writing. (references) |
Political Rights | Togo | Aside from controlling its own programs and activities and writing amendments to the Constitution, the National Assembly largely approves the proposals of the President and the Government. (references) |
Trade | Panama | Significant lines of commodity credit guarantees were still available at the time of this writing. (references) |
Bangladesh | In addition, imported goods should not bear any obscene pictures, writing, inscription, or visible representation. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | Advance reservations, as well as confirmation in writing, is advised. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Bring post-1990 U.S. bills in good condition, without writing or tears. (references) | |
Ukraine | We recommend bringing bills in good condition and without tears or writing on them. (references) | |
Women | Italy | A decree approved in May 2000 requires civil service recruiters to explain in writing their motives for hiring or promoting a man rather than a woman as a manager. (references) |
Worker Rights | East Timor | Slow progress in writing a new labor code has restricted labor action in many sectors. (references) |
Malawi | The law requires a notice in writing to the employer and the MOLVT at least 7 days before a strike. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Barry Manilow | Not at that time. But I was pushing my song writing. I wanted other people to record my songs. And I got an offer to record my own songs as a singer. And I did, I accepted it, because nobody else seemed to be recording my songs. |
Bill Clinton | Well, I am writing it by myself. I am writing it in big notebooks. I have a young assistant Justin Cooper who back facts checks things for me. He types it in the computer and puts it back. Then I edit it two or three times. |
Conan O'Brien | Yeah. You know, sometimes I fantasize that maybe the people that are writing for me now are going to go on to do things, and they can hire me when I'm hitting the sauce and having my troubles, because it's going to happen. |
Linda Fairstein | I am always writing, but the violence issue is my passion, and I spend a lot of nonprofit time doing work on that issue. |
Louise Ashby | Through writing a book. I'm writing another two books. You know, the old acting job. I'm modeling here and there and now, you know, I'm in talks about having a TV show. |
Marla Hanson | Right. I took four years off to raise my child. Now I'm starting to get back into the writing. I'm actually working on a book this time. |
Mattie Stepanek | Spread my peace throughout the world. And I want to expand more and keep writing and keep speaking. And when I am gone, I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who plays. |
Rush Limbaugh | What would you say if we told you that a leading intellectual is writing a book, the thesis of which is that we are witnessing the end of poverty. |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | The First Lady has spent years writing about this issue, studying it. |
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| "Writing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 78.86% of the time. "Writing" is used about 7,344 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 78.86% | 5,792 | 1,690 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.14% | 1,552 | 5,286 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,344 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "writing": alphabetic writing ♦ art of writing ♦ be busy writing ♦ close writing ♦ commit to writing ♦ committal to writing ♦ confirm in writing ♦ confirmation in writing ♦ copper writing ♦ copperplate writing ♦ couched in writing ♦ cover with writing ♦ cuneiform writing ♦ descriptive writing ♦ disturbed writing faculty ♦ do not cram your writing so much! ♦ Epistolographic character of writing ♦ Epistolographic mode of writing ♦ filled with writing ♦ fine writing ♦ finish writing ♦ gothic writing ♦ hacker Writing Style ♦ hand writing ♦ hymn writing ♦ i can't read your writing ♦ in writing ♦ Majuscule writing ♦ Manifold writing ♦ maximum writing speed ♦ ME writing ♦ mirror writing ♦ mode of writing ♦ musical writing ♦ naked option writing ♦ neon writing ♦ packet writing ♦ picture writing ♦ piece of writing ♦ proposal Writing ♦ put down in writing ♦ put in writing ♦ put it in writing ♦ put writing ♦ reduce to writing ♦ regressive writing off ♦ religious writing ♦ Roman writing ♦ sacred writing ♦ secret writing ♦ shaky writing ♦ slantwise writing ♦ start writing ♦ style of writing ♦ substantiate one's thoughts in writing ♦ the art of writing ♦ the writing on the wall ♦ type writing ♦ uncovered option writing ♦ wedge writing ♦ writing arm ♦ writing assignment ♦ writing back ♦ writing board ♦ writing book ♦ writing career ♦ writing case ♦ writing chair ♦ writing desk ♦ writing implement ♦ writing ink ♦ writing lark ♦ writing machine ♦ writing master ♦ writing materials ♦ writing obligatory ♦ writing of fables ♦ writing off ♦ writing pad ♦ writing paper ♦ writing school ♦ writing style ♦ writing system ♦ writing table. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "writing": writing-a, writing-also, writing-are, writing-board, writing-case, writing-desk, writing-directing, writing-down, writing-effect, writing-in-role, writing-master, writing-masters, writing-off, writing-office, writing-pad, writing-paper, writing-room, writing-table, writing-telegraph, writing-up. | |
Ending with "writing": co-writing, essay-writing, hand-writing, letter-writing, non-writing, novel-writing, part-writing, play-writing, re-writing, script-writing, sign-writing, song-writing, speech-writing. | |
Containing "writing": check-writing machine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
resume writing | 5,015 | script writing | 369 |
writing | 3,674 | writing desk | 355 |
song writing | 3,332 | writing business letter | 353 |
letter writing | 1,712 | writing for business | 339 |
grant writing | 1,226 | writing report | 287 |
writing contest | 973 | writing pen | 273 |
chinese writing | 895 | cursive writing | 257 |
writing career | 665 | act hollywood one writing | 252 |
essay writing | 662 | writing child book | 248 |
creative writing | 654 | novel writing | 241 |
writing job | 633 | writing a will | 237 |
writing software | 630 | free resume writing | 235 |
technical writing | 576 | resume writing tip | 224 |
writing book | 548 | writing journal | 223 |
proposal writing | 540 | writing poetry | 217 |
writing a business plan | 533 | fiction writing | 215 |
japanese writing | 460 | writing thank you note | 213 |
writing cover letter | 456 | speech writing | 212 |
freelance writing | 385 | writing letter of recommendation | 208 |
apa writing style | 377 | freelance writing job | 196 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "writing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skrif (script). (various references) | |
Albanian | vepra (author), shkrimi, shkrim (causerie, hand, notice, script, writ), shënim (annotation, comment, denotation, denotement, designation, entry, epigram, gloss, jotting, memorandum, notation, notch, notching, note, paragraph, record, remark), gramë. (various references) | |
Arabic | وضع (composition, place, to lay), كتابة (hand, handwriting, inscription, lettering, script), وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter), عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting), صك (act, charter, deed, instrument, stamping), صناعة الكتابة, خط (band, bar, calligraphy, hand, handwriting, line, streak, stria, stripe, trace), أسلوب أدبي, رسالة (bill, brief, despatch, dispatch, epistle, letter, message, mission, missive, tractate, treatise). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стил (character, fashion, form, genre, manner, mode, order, pattern, pencil, penmanship, style, turn), маниер на писане, почерк (character, hand, handwriting, pencraft, penmanship), писменост (literacy, script), писмен документ (record), писмен (epistolary, graphic, graphical, written), писателство, писателски (author's, writer's), писане (writ), пишещ. (various references) | |
Chinese | 著述 , 筆墨 (pen and ink, words), 篇章 (sections and chapters), 文字 (Writings), 文 (culture, formal, language, literary), 寫作 (written works). (various references) | |
Czech | spis (file, publication, tract), psaní (pen), písmo (hand, handwriting, writ), literatura (letters, literature), dílo (piece, production, undertaking, work). (various references) | |
Danish | skrivning, at skrive. (various references) | |
Dutch | schriftuur (document, paper), schrift (exercise-book, folder, notebook, script), geschrift (work). (various references) | |
Esperanto | verkaĵo, skribo (script), skribaĵo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | skriv, skrift. (various references) | |
Finnish | kirjoitus (article). (various references) | |
French | écriture (hand writing, write). (various references) | |
Frisian | skrift (script). (various references) | |
German | Schrift (document, font, handwriting, leaflet, notation, paper, petition, print, report, script, scripture, tract, type, typeface, work), schreiben (communication, compose, letter, make out, missive, produce, production, put, score, scribble, send away, spell, to write, type, write, write away, write in, write out, written), schreibend (typeing). (various references) | |
Greek | γραφή (hand, quill, script, scripture, style, write). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכתב (letter, missive), כתיבה, כתיב (spelling, transcription), כתב (bill, correspondent, document, reporter, script, scripture, write). (various references) | |
Hungarian | irat (document, paper), írás (fustian, grapho, letter, pen, scratchy writing, script). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tulisan (discourse, transcription). (various references) | |
Italian | scrittura (accounts, books, contract, document, handwriting, parol, scripture, scriptures). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 執筆 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいぶん (component, composition, ingredient, the official text, written expression), ちょさく (book), もんじょ (archives, document, letter, note, records), りんしょ, こうぶん (archives, official document, sentence structure, syntax), かんぼく (brush and ink, drawing, shrub), かきもの (a document), かきこみ (entry), せんぴつ (painting), せんじゅつ (compiling, editing, secret of immortality, tactics, wizardry), ちょじゅつ (literary work), せんしゅう (compiling, editing, last week, many years, selection, specialization, the kick-off, the week before, thousand years), ライティング (lighting), ぶんぴつ (literary activity, literary art, secretion, subdivision), ぶんぴつぎょう (literary profession), ぶんしょ (archives, branch office, document, letter, note, records, substation), さくせい (creating, draw up, frame, make, manufacture, preparing, producing, well drilling), さくぶん (composition), ひつい (brushwork), きごう (code, drawing, painting, symbol), しっぴつ, しひつ (first writing, historical writing, pen and paper), せんろく (compiling, editing). (various references) | |
Korean | 쓰기 (Writings). (various references) | |
Manx | screeudeyrys. (various references) | |
Maya | dziib. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itingwray.(various references) | |
Polish | pismo, dokument. (various references) | |
Portuguese | escrita (handwriting, script, written). (various references) | |
Romanian | stil (build, diction, form, language, manner, order, pencil, penmanship, period, style, stylus, way), scrisoare (epistle, Favor, favour, letter, writ), scris (alphabet, graphic, graphical, hand, painted, paper work, pen, pen and ink, script, written), scriere (hand, paw, scripture), operã (action, creation, deed, making, opera, opera house, work), lucrare (achievement, deed, piece of work, realization, study, work, working), inscripţie (inscription, label, legend), fel de a scrie, document scris, convenţie scrisã. (various references) | |
Russian | почерк (hand, handwriting, longhand, penmanship, script), писчий, писать;записывать запись;написание, писание, документ (binders, conveyance, docs., document, instrument, legal instrument, paper, record, title-deed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spis (case, document, text), pismo (epistle, epistyle, letter, missive, tails), pisanje (lexicography), pisani, književno delo. (various references) | |
Spanish | escritura (a b c, a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, deed, document, hand, handwriting, indenture, instrument, script, scripture, writ). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrift (publication, scripture, written document). (various references) | |
Turkish | yazarlık (authorship, penmanship, writership), yazı yazma (write), yazı yazan, yazı kâğıdı (writing paper), yazı şekli, yazı (article, clerical, contribution, inscription, lettering, scriptural, scripture), makale (article, causerie, column, contribution, paragraph, story, write up), kitap (book), kitabe (epigraph, epitaph, inscription, legend, panel, tablet), el yazısı (character, cursive, fist, handwriting, longhand, manuscript, running hand, script). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яazuw, hat (letter, note). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стиль (form, genre, language, manner, style), напис (exergue, inscription, superscription), лист (dripping pan), почерк (calligraphy, handwriting, paw, penmanship, script, write), письмо, писемність, писання (writ, write), документ (act, chart, document, paper, source). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuật sáng tác điềm gở, tài liệu tác phẩm, sự viết tay, sự viết lách kiểu viết, sự viết (inditement), sách, nghiệp bút nghiên thuật viết, nghề viết văn (pen), lối viết, chữ viết bản viết tay, bản ghi chép, bài báo nghề viết sách. (various references) | |
Welsh | ysgrifeniad, ysgrifen, ysgrif (article, essay). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | apices, conscriptionem, conscriptiones, nota, notae, notam, notas, notis, scriptura, scripturae, scripturam, scripturarum, scripturas, scripturis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hn de kai epigrafh gegrammenh ep autw grammasin ellhnikoiV kai rwmaikoiV kai ebraikoiV outoV estin o basileuV twn ioudaiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Erat autem et superscriptio inscripta super illum litteris graecis et latinis et hebraicis hic est rex Iudaeorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa wæs his of ergewrit of er hine awriten: greciscum stafum and ebreiscum. þis is iudea cining; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the superscripcioun was writun ouer hym with Greke lettris, and of Latyn, and of Ebreu, This is the kyng of Jewis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And his superscripcio was writte over him in greke in latine and Ebreu: This is the kynge of the Iewes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And a superscription also was written over him, in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And these words were put in writing over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa uloibabaw niya diha usab ang usa ka sinulat sa mga titik sa mga pinulongan nga Gresyanhon ug Latin ug Hebreohanon nga nag-ingon, "Kini mao ang Hari sa mga Judio." |
| Chinese | 在 耶 穌 以 上 有 一 個 牌 子 、 〔 有 古 卷 在 此 有 用 希 利 尼 羅 馬 希 伯 來 的 文 字 〕 寫 著 、 這 是 猶 太 人 的 王 。 |
| Croatian | A bijaše i natpis ponad njega: "Ovo je kralj židovski." |
| Dutch | En er was ook een opschrift boven Hem geschreven, met Griekse, en Romeinse en Hebreeuwse letters: DEZE IS DE KONING DER JODEN. |
| Finnish | Oli myös hänen päänsä päällä kirjoitus: "Tämä on juutalaisten kuningas". |
| French | Il y avait au-dessus de lui cette inscription: Celui-ci est le roi des Juifs. |
| German | Es war aber auch oben über ihm geschrieben die Überschrift mit griechischen und lateinische und hebräischen Buchstaben: Dies ist der Juden König. |
| Haitian Creole | Men sak te ekri sou tèt kwa a: Nonm sa a se wa jwif yo li ye. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di sebelah atas kayu salib Yesus, tertulis kata-kata ini: "Inilah Raja Orang Yahudi." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adalah juga suatu tulisan di sebelah atas-Nya demikian, "Inilah Raja orang Yahudi." |
| Italian | C'era anche una scritta, sopra il suo capo: Questi è il re dei Giudei. |
| Korean | 그 의 위 에 이 는 유 대 인 의 왕 이 라 쓴 패 가 있 더 라 |
| Maori | A tera te mea i tuhituhia ki runga ake i a ia, KO TE KINGI TENEI O NGA HURAI. |
| Norwegian | Men det var også satt en innskrift over ham: Dette er jødenes konge. |
| Portuguese | Por cima dele estava esta inscrição [em letras gregas, romanas e hebraicas:] ESTE É O REI DOS JUDEUS. |
| Rumanian | Deasupra Lui era scris cu slove grecewti, latinewti wi evreewti: ,,Acesta este Kmpqratul Iudeilor.`` |
| Shuar | Tura muuknumaani, Kriaku chichamjai, Rúmanmaya apach chichamjaisha tura Israer chichamjaisha ju aarar anujkamu ámiayi: JUITI ISRAER-SHUARA UUNT AKUPIN |
| Spanish | Había también sobre él un título escrito que decía: ÉSTE ES EL REY DE LOS JUDÍOS. |
| Swahili | Vilevile maandishi haya yalikuwa yameandikwa na kuwekwa juu yake: "Huyu ndiye Mfalme wa Wayahudi." |
| Swedish | Men över honom hade man ock satt upp en överskrift: "Denne är judarnas konung." |
| Uma | Hi kaju parika' -na Yesus hi ntoto woo' -na ria ukia' hewa toi: TOI-MI MAGAU' TO YAHUDI. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "writing": writings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "writing": cowriting, freewriting, ghostwriting, handwriting, miswriting, newswriting, outwriting, overwriting, playwriting, prewriting, rewriting, skywriting, songwriting, sportswriting, typewriting, underwriting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "writing": freewritings, handwritings, newswritings, playwritings, prewritings, skywritings, songwritings, sportswritings, typewritings. (additional references) | |
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"Writing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: riting, Wratting, wriging, wrining, writein, writeing, writng, writting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "writing" (pronounced rī"ting) |
| 5 | r ī" t i ng | rewriting, underwriting. |
| 4 | -ī" t i ng | biting, citing, delighting, exciting, fighting, igniting, inciting, indicting, inviting, kiting, lighting, nonbiting, reciting, reigniting, reuniting, sighting, siting, slighting, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, whiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, simulating, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, undulating, uninteresting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-n-r-t-w" | |
-1 letter: tiring, wiring, witing. | |
-2 letters: iring, wring. | |
-3 letters: girn, girt, grin, grit, inti, ring, ting, trig, twig, twin, wing, writ. | |
-4 letters: gin, git, nit, rig, rin, tin, wig, win, wit. | |
-5 letters: in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-n-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: twirling, writhing, writings. | |
+2 letters: cowriting, rewriting, wintering, withering, worriting. | |
+3 letters: miswriting, outwriting, prewriting, retwisting, skywriting, swithering, twittering, wainwright. | |
+4 letters: freewriting, handwriting, misthrowing, newswriting, outwhirling, overwriting, playwriting, prewritings, skywritings, songwriting, typewriting, wainwrights, waitressing, waterskiing, winterizing, wiretapping, withdrawing, witheringly. | |
+5 letters: freewritings, ghostwriting, giftwrapping, handwritings, intertwining, interviewing, interweaving, interworking, newswritings, playwritings, songwritings, typewritings, underwriting, waterskiings, weatherizing, westernising, westernizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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