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Dictionary: writ·ten   (rĭt'n) pronunciation

v.
Past participle of write.


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adjective

    Of or relating to representation by means of writing: calligraphic, graphic, scriptural. See words.

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IN BRIEF: Systematically collected and documented on paper.

pronunciation Science fiction is no more written for scientists that ghost stories are written for ghosts. — Brian Aldiss.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: set down in writing in any of various ways
  Antonym: spoken (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: systematically collected and written down
  Antonym: unwritten (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: written as for a film or play or broadcast
  Synonym: scripted


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