Meaning of writing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
   uncountable
2. Write.
3. document, deed
4. the act of writing something by hand. — autographer, n. — autographic, adj. — autographically, adv.
5. Something written, such as a document, article or book.
   countable
6. the art or science of analyzing handwriting, especially that of manuscripts with the purpose of establishing their authorship or authenticity. — bibliotist, n. — bibliotic, adj.
7. The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
   uncountable
8. scripture
9. an abbreviated writing; shorthand. — brachygraphic, adj.
10. A work of an author.
    countable
11. third-person singular present indicative
12. the representation of things or sounds by means of their pictures instead of by symbols or words, as in hieroglyphics or a rebus. — curiologic, curiological, adj.
13. The style of writing of a person.
    countable
14. second-person singular imperative
15. Shorthand, a word that is represented by a single symbol or character.
    Shorthand,
16. Intended for or used in writing.
    countable, uncountable
17. the reading of character or personality from a person’s handwriting. Cf. graphology. — graphanalyst, n.
18. Linguistics. the study of systems of writing and their relationship to the systems of the languages they represent. Also called graphonomy. — graphemic, adj.
19. the art or craft of writing or delineating. — graphiologist, n.
20. the study of handwriting, especially as regarded as an expression of character. Cf. graphanalysis. — graphologist, n. — graphologic, graphological, adj.
21. an obsession with writing.

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Examples

“Because writing of any kind is no more and no less than a graphic representation of speech[…], to study its nature and history we must often have recourse to the speech, that is, to the language, that the writing writes.”

“Early writing appeared in both societies around 3000 B.C.E., mainly for administrative purposes in Egypt and for accounting and trading in Sumer.”

“Congrats, you did an interesting piece of writing.”

“I can't read your writing.”

“a writing table”

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