Definitions for writings

Overview of noun writings

The noun writings has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings

(the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

Overview of noun writing

The noun writing has 5 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (8) 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")

2. (6) 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")

3. (4) writing

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

4. (2) 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")

5. (2) writing, committal to writing

(the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing")