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"

Type of:
  • written communication; written language; black and white

Types:
  • orthography; writing system
  • coding system
  • capitalization; capitalisation
  • typing; typewriting
  • printing
  • handwriting; hand; script
  • hieroglyph; hieroglyphic
  • skywriting
  • printing; printing process
  • notation; notational system


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