What part of speech is written?

Written can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. written is a verb, past participle of write (infinitive).
  • 2. written is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

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    Comparative
    Superlative
  • written 
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  • Positive: written 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does written mean?

Definitions

Adjective
written - set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence"
written - systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
written - written as for a film or play or broadcast

Verb
write - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
write - communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
write - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
write - communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
write - create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
write - write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"
write - write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
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Examples of written

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Written evidence.
2. adj. Written laws.
3. adj. Will you put your questions in written form?
4. adj. As their language had no written form, the natives expressed deeds and events in carvings.
5. adj. He submitted his written opinion.
6. adj. There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.
7. adj. I'm actually relatively good at written language, but with spoken language I often can't remember the tone on some word.
8. adj. The written form looks like an archaic form of English.
9. adj. I'm more interested in spoken French than in written French.
10. adj. "For the international language, the basic foundation represents that material which was, for every modern language, at the beginning of normal written literature."
11. adj. Mary and Tom thought it would be a shame if much of the oral history they had so patiently gathered were to be lost because of not being written down. Because neither of them knew shorthand, they bought an audio recorder so that they could better enjoy their visits with Tom's three living grandparents without having to focus on taking careful written notes.
12. adj. The language has almost no written literature.
13. adj. No orthography has been developed for the written form of the language.
14. adj. No orthography has been devised for the written form of the language.
15. adj. The written form of the language has no standard orthography.
16. verb Again there is no official written statement from Sistani's office confirming this allegation, which I think is intentional.
17. verb I am not sure from the article as written that the global nature of this effort comes across.
18. verb Therefore, I need to know ASAP if there are any problems with the draft as written.
19. verb Sorry I haven't written you guys in a while to keep you properly updated.
20. verb I just found out that I need to take the TX drivers exam both written and on the rode.
21. verb Yvan, and Ben, please provide answers to these question via written correspondence so that their is limited probability of misunderstanding.
22. verb Dari and I vented our aggravation by drafting the attached letter to Gibson and Kyle complaining of Sommer's duplicity, but after tempers cooled, MKM and I decided not to send it to Stan or urge him to send a written response.
23. verb Please send me an email response about whether you and Michelle Cash are OK with what he's written.
24. verb "If not removed immediately, the (ISO) price cap will sow confusion in the market, threaten reliability and stifle new investment in generating capacity,'' read one letter written by Duke Energy Vice President William Hall III.
25. verb I have written a lot recently about healing the self so today here are a few words on healing our collective body, mind and soul.
26. verb The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM.
27. verb (Since the Declaration is written as coming from “religious leaders,” people who don’t consider themselves “religious leaders” can sign as “Supporters of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality.”).
28. verb <written so far, Don Martin Decoud, the exotic dandy of the Parisian boulevard, got up and walked across the sanded floor of the cafe at one end of the Albergo of United Italy, kept by Giorgio Viola, the old companion of Garibaldi.
29. verb Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
30. verb It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
Sentence  
adj.
Written evidence.
Written laws.
Will you put your questions in written form?
As their language had no written form, the natives expressed deeds and events in carvings.
He submitted his written opinion.
There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.
I'm actually relatively good at written language, but with spoken language I often can't remember the tone on some word.
The written form looks like an archaic form of English.
I'm more interested in spoken French than in written French.
"For the international language, the basic foundation represents that material which was, for every modern language, at the beginning of normal written literature."
Mary and Tom thought it would be a shame if much of the oral history they had so patiently gathered were to be lost because of not being written down. Because neither of them knew shorthand, they bought an audio recorder so that they could better enjoy their visits with Tom's three living grandparents without having to focus on taking careful written notes.
The language has almost no written literature.
No orthography has been developed for the written form of the language.
No orthography has been devised for the written form of the language.
The written form of the language has no standard orthography.
verb
Again there is no official written statement from Sistani's office confirming this allegation, which I think is intentional.
I am not sure from the article as written that the global nature of this effort comes across.
Therefore, I need to know ASAP if there are any problems with the draft as written.
Sorry I haven't written you guys in a while to keep you properly updated.
I just found out that I need to take the TX drivers exam both written and on the rode.
Yvan, and Ben, please provide answers to these question via written correspondence so that their is limited probability of misunderstanding.
Dari and I vented our aggravation by drafting the attached letter to Gibson and Kyle complaining of Sommer's duplicity, but after tempers cooled, MKM and I decided not to send it to Stan or urge him to send a written response.
Please send me an email response about whether you and Michelle Cash are OK with what he's written.
"If not removed immediately, the (ISO) price cap will sow confusion in the market, threaten reliability and stifle new investment in generating capacity,'' read one letter written by Duke Energy Vice President William Hall III.
I have written a lot recently about healing the self so today here are a few words on healing our collective body, mind and soul.
The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM.
(Since the Declaration is written as coming from “religious leaders,” people who don’t consider themselves “religious leaders” can sign as “Supporters of the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality.”).
<written so far, Don Martin Decoud, the exotic dandy of the Parisian boulevard, got up and walked across the sanded floor of the cafe at one end of the Albergo of United Italy, kept by Giorgio Viola, the old companion of Garibaldi.
Lopez addressed the note which I had written, sealed it with his sleeve-link, and sent it by the hand of the servant, Jose.
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
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