Meanings
- not comparableHaving been written.
I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
Antonyms: unwritten
plural writtens
- A rap that was written in advance, as opposed to a freestyle.
- participlepastpast participle of write
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet?
1 more example
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
adjectiveHaving been written.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveset down in writing in any of various ways
adjectivewritten as for a film or play or broadcast
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans geskrewe
- geskreweof, relating or characteristic of writing
Ancient Greek γραπτός
- γραπτός (graptós)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Bulgarian пи́смен, напи́сан
- пи́смен (písmen)of, relating or characteristic of writing
- напи́сан (napísan)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Catalan escrit
- escritof, relating or characteristic of writing
Czech psaný
- psanýof, relating or characteristic of writing
Esperanto skriba
- skribaof, relating or characteristic of writing
Finnish kirjoitettu, kirjallinen
- kirjoitettuof, relating or characteristic of writing
- kirjallinenof, relating or characteristic of writing
French écrit
- écritof, relating or characteristic of writing
German geschrieben, schriftlich
- geschriebenof, relating or characteristic of writing
- schriftlichof, relating or characteristic of writing
Greek γραπτός
- γραπτός (graptós)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Hungarian írott, írt
- írottof, relating or characteristic of writing
- írtof, relating or characteristic of writing
Irish scríofa
- scríofaof, relating or characteristic of writing
Italian scritto
- scrittoof, relating or characteristic of writing
Latin scrīptus
- scrīptusof, relating or characteristic of writing
Persian کتبی
- کتبی (katbi)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Polish pisany, napisany
- pisanyof, relating or characteristic of writing
- napisanyof, relating or characteristic of writing
Portuguese escrito
- escritoof, relating or characteristic of writing
Romanian scris
- scrisof, relating or characteristic of writing
Russian пи́сьменный, напи́санный
- пи́сьменный (písʹmennyj)of, relating or characteristic of writing
- напи́санный (napísannyj)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Scottish Gaelic sgrìobhte
- sgrìobhteof, relating or characteristic of writing
Slovak písomný, napísaný
- písomnýof, relating or characteristic of writing
- napísanýof, relating or characteristic of writing
Spanish escrito, escripto (disused)
- escritoof, relating or characteristic of writing
- escripto (disused)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Swedish skriven, skriftlig
- skrivenof, relating or characteristic of writing
- skriftligof, relating or characteristic of writing
Turkish yazılı
- yazılıof, relating or characteristic of writing
Ukrainian напи́саний, писе́мний
- напи́саний (napýsanyj)of, relating or characteristic of writing
- писе́мний (pysémnyj)of, relating or characteristic of writing
- письмо́вий (pysʹmóvyj)of, relating or characteristic of writing
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
written. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written
“written.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “written,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/written.
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