nnoun.actthe act of creating written worksSynset:authorship composition writing
Examples:- writing was a form of therapy for him
- it was a matter of disputed authorship
Derivationally Related Form:authorpenwritecompose
Hypernyms:verbal creation
Inherited Hypernyms:writingverbal creationcreating by mental actscreationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:adoxographydraftingdramatisationdramatizationfabricationfictionalisationfictionalizationhistoriographylexicographymetrificationnovelisationnovelizationredactionversification
Full Hyponyms:adoxographydraftingdramatizationfabricationhistoriographylexicographymetrificationnovelizationredactionversification
vverb.creationproduce a literary workTopic:authorshipcompositionpenningwriting
Synset:compose indite pen write
Examples:- She composed a poem
- He wrote four novels
Derivationally Related Form:compositionwriterpenwritingpenning
Hypernyms:create verbally
Inherited Hypernyms:writecreate verballymake
Direct Hyponyms:adoptannotateauthorcitedash offdraftdramatisedramatizedrawfling offfootnoteknock offlyricoutlineparagraphpoetisepoetizeprofilereferencerewritescratch offscripttoss offverseversifywrite aboutwrite copywrite ofwrite offwrite onwrite outwrite up
Entailment:spell write
Full Troponyms:annotateauthorco-authordash offdraftdramatizedrawelegizeghostlyricmetrifyparagraphprofilereferencerelyricrewritescriptsonnetspondaizeversewrite copywrite offwrite onwrite out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Did he --- his major works over a short period of time? (apply to: pen, compose) | They will --- the duet (apply to: compose) | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: write)