writer
part of speech
noun (a writer, writers)
meaning for a pupil
1) A writer is a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or scripts, especially as a job. tree →
2) A writer is anyone who has written a particular thing, or someone who writes in a certain way. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition says Sefer Yetzirah was written by Abraham, though scholars guess it was written by a later author. In the Prophets and Writings a writer can be a scribe, as the man with the inkhorn in Ezekiel, or the psalmist whose tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Isaiah warns against writers who write unjust decrees. In the primary lessons: In English lessons, pupils think about what a writer wants to tell the reader, why the writer chose certain words, and they become writers themselves. Famous children's writers include Roald Dahl and Beverly Cleary. Phrases: «the writer of», «a famous writer», «young writers», «writer's block».
examples
- In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.] Like what did He make them? (A city) [strife]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- There have been also some writers (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity; (Prophets ISA.10.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I say: 'My work is concerning a king'; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Writings PSA.45.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side. (Prophets EZK.9.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- My favourite writer makes me laugh. tree →
- The writer used lots of describing words. tree →
- She wants to be a writer when she grows up. tree →
- Who is the writer of this poem? tree →
- Our class are young writers this term. tree →
- The writer wanted us to feel sorry for the dog. tree →
- He is a neat writer, so his handwriting is easy to read. tree →
- Both these writers are inclined to trace the chief incidents to India. tree →
note
Countable noun, plural writers. Spelt with one t (writer), though «written» has two t's. The w is silent. Similar: «author» (the writer of a book), «poet» (writer of poems).
In the corpora
- Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity;
- Writing without help shows what you can really do and makes you a better writer.
- Behind many AI news stories stand real people with real worries: translators, artists, writers and parents.
- Artists and writers asked whether it is fair that AI learned from their work without asking, and courts are still deciding.
- It was reported that some translators, writers and artists say they now get less work because of AI.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «writer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.