writing
- noun1 activity/job of writingADJECTIVE▪ effective▪
The book aims to teach effective essay writing.
▪ creative, descriptive, imaginative▪ clear, concise, sharp▪ academic, critical, editorial (AmE), scientific, technical▪ essay, feature (esp. AmE), fiction, journal (esp. AmE), letter, novel, prose, report, script, song (usually songwriting)▪ business, food, history, science, travel, etc.▪ opinion (esp. AmE)▪ developmental (AmE)▪ freelance, professional▪ student (esp. AmE)▪the evaluation of student writing
… OF WRITING▪ pieceVERB + WRITING▪ teach▪ improveWRITING + NOUN▪ skills▪ style▪His writing style is well suited to this subject matter.
PREPOSITION▪ writing for▪the process of writing for publication
▪ writing in▪Students do most of their academic writing in English.
▪ writing of▪Housman's description of the writing of poetry
PHRASES▪ a style of writing2 written/printed wordsVERB + WRITING▪ put sth in, put sth into▪The arrangement was never put into writing.
PREPOSITION▪ in writing▪This agreement has to be confirmed in writing.
3 (often writings) books, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ fine, good, great▪ bad▪ influential▪ early, later▪His experiences in India influenced his later writings.
▪ ancient, contemporary▪Ancient writings reinforce their claims to the land.
▪ published, unpublished▪ prose▪ academic, autobiographical, critical, historical, philosophical, political, sacred, scholarly, scientific, theoretical▪Christians share some of their sacred writings with the Jews.
▪ popular▪ collected, selected▪Ruskin's collected writings
… OF WRITING▪ piece▪ anthology, collection▪an anthology of writing about jazz
VERB + WRITING▪ read▪ publish▪His writings on the history of art were published by Greenway and Settle.
WRITING + VERB▪ be about sth, deal with sth▪Her early writing was concerned with the French Revolution.
▪ include sth, range▪His writings range from ancient to contemporary art.
▪ indicate sth, provide sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth▪His writings provide us with a first-hand account of the civil war.
▪Her writings reflect the breadth of her interests.
▪ influence sb/sth, inspire sb/sthPREPOSITION▪ in … writing▪You find more technical words in scientific writing.
▪ through sb's writing▪Her influence has been greatest through her writings.
▪ writing about▪Her name crops up frequently in writings about the Renaissance.
▪ writing by▪a collection of writings by artists
▪ writing for▪the composer's fine writing for the piano
▪ writing on▪The book is a collection of writings on death by various authors.
4 putting words on paperVERB + WRITING▪ do, practise/practice▪Every morning the children do writing.
▪ improveWRITING + NOUN▪ paper▪ deskPHRASES▪ reading and writing5 handwriting ⇨ See also ↑handwritingADJECTIVE▪ small, tiny▪ legible, neat▪ illegible▪ cursive (esp. AmE), joined-up (BrE)▪ childish▪ spideryVERB + WRITING▪ have▪He has very neat writing.
▪ read▪I can't read your writing.
▪ recognize▪I didn't recognize the writing.
▪ decipherPREPOSITION▪ in sb's writing▪The list was in Elizabeth's writing.
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