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# handwriting

«handwriting» in Mova's school dictionary: **Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (handwriting — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Writing that you do with a pen or pencil by hand, not typed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#m1)

2) The way a person's writing looks: «neat handwriting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school: handwriting lessons teach letter shapes, joined-up (cursive) writing and neat spacing; teachers say «Use your best handwriting». In stories, detectives recognise who wrote a note by the handwriting. Phrases: «neat/messy handwriting», «joined-up handwriting», «handwriting practice».

### examples

- Please write in your best handwriting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x1)
- My handwriting gets messy when I rush. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x2)
- We practise joined-up handwriting every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x3)
- The detective recognised the handwriting on the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x4)
- Her handwriting is small and neat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x5)
- I can't read the doctor's handwriting! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x6)
- And yet it is undeniably my own handwriting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: not «a handwriting» or «handwritings». One word. Adjective: handwritten (a handwritten card). Cursive = joined-up handwriting.

### In the corpora

- [The King decides that the Knave must have imitated someone's handwriting, and that not signing it proves he is up to mischief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/12/)
- [Handwriting (presentation) and composition (what is written and how well) are different skills and are marked separately.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/25/)
- [When siblings blame each other, clues like chocolate on faces, handwriting or screen-time records usually show the truth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/31/)
- [In Birmingham, Nadia's parents check her homework every night and argue about whether her handwriting is neat enough.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/499-the-only-child-all-the-attention-and-wanting-a-sibling/4/)
- [The teacher spots Jadyn's handwriting and both get detention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/503-twins-and-big-families/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «handwriting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/handwriting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.