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• cop|y|writ|ing — «KOP ee RY tihng», noun. the work of a copywriter: »Brower rose through the copywriting end of the ad business [and] is still a phrasemaker at heart (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• news|writ|ing — «NOOZ RY tihng, NYOOZ », noun. writing for a newspaper; journalism: »The audience may not be aware of bad newswriting, he says, but “they feel vaguely uncomfortable and turn away” (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• play|writ|ing — «PLAY RY tihng», noun. the writing of plays; occupation of a playwright …   Useful english dictionary

• sky|writ|ing — «SKY RY tihng», noun. 1. the tracing of letters, words, or designs, against the sky from an airplane. Smoke or some similar substance is used. 2. the letters, words, or designs so traced …   Useful english dictionary

• Speed|writ|ing — «SPEED RY tihng», noun. Trademark. a shorthand system using letters of the alphabet instead of symbols, in which words are written as they sound. Examples: You is written as u, are is written as r, and eye is written as i …   Useful english dictionary

• sports|writ|ing — «SPRTS RY tihng, SPOHRTS », noun. the occupation or work of writing about sports: »He dissects the drama…with a racy enthusiasm that is nowadays more likely to be found in sportswriting (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

• type|writ|ing — «TYP RY tihng», noun. 1. the act or art of using a typewriter. 2. work done on a typewriter …   Useful english dictionary

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• song·writ·ing — /ˈsɑːŋˌraıtıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the act or process of writing the words or music to songs often used before another noun a famous songwriting duo …   Useful english dictionary