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