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PIECE OF WRITING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
Example:
that editorial was a fine piece of writing
Synonyms:
piece of writing; writing; written material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("piece of writing" is a kind of...):
black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Meronyms (parts of "piece of writing"):
epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piece of writing"):
transcript (something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech)
plagiarism (a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work)
dithyramb (a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing)
dramatic composition; dramatic work (a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.)
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
screed (a long piece of writing)
religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)
editing; redaction (putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form)
essay (an analytic or interpretive literary composition)
adaptation; version (a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form)
treatise (a formal exposition)
autograph (something written by one's own hand)
manuscript; ms (the form of a literary work submitted for publication)
inscription; lettering (letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something)
diary; journal (a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations)
paragraph (one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line)
section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))
criticism; literary criticism (a written evaluation of a work of literature)
matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))
literature (published writings in a particular style on a particular subject)
literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)
literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)
rescript; revision; rewrite (something that has been written again)
cryptogram; cryptograph; secret writing (a piece of writing in code or cipher)
title ((usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action)
bowdlerisation; bowdlerization (written material that has been bowdlerized)
Instance hyponyms:
Ayurveda ((Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda)
