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writing system
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbolsorthographypunctuation - the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phraseshyphenation - connecting syllables and words by hyphenshyphenation, word division - division of a word especially at the end of a line on a pagescript - a particular orthography or writing systemspelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usagewriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"picture writing - a writing system using pictographsalphabetic script, alphabetic writing - a writing system based on alphabetic charactersboustrophedon - an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'ideography - the use of ideograms in writinghieroglyph, hieroglyphic - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egyptpoint system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touchpunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
writing system
writing system (human language, character)The set of glyphs used forrepresenting a given human language in written form, generallyalong with their conventions for use.Writing System the aggregate of the means of written communication, which include the graphic system, alphabet, and orthography of a single language or of a group of languages having a single form of writing or a single alphabet. In this sense, one can speak of Russian, English, Arabic, and other writing systems. Each writing system possesses its own system of graphemes used in various graphic combinations and in ortho-grams. These elements can be utilized for stylistic purposes or to emphasize parts of an utterance. A writing system must be distinguished from a written language, which is not simply speech recorded in writing but usually has specific lexical, semantic, and grammatical features distinguishing it from the spoken language. writing system
Related to writing system: script, Egyptian Writing System, Chinese writing system, Korean writing system, Japanese writing systemSynonyms for writing systemnoun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbolsSynonymsRelated Words- punctuation
- hyphenation
- word division
- script
- spelling
- writing
- picture writing
- alphabetic script
- alphabetic writing
- boustrophedon
- ideography
- hieroglyph
- hieroglyphic
- point system
- punctuation mark
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