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# writer

«writer» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who writes books, stories, poems, articles or…** — 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 (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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#m1)

2) A writer is anyone who has written a particular thing, or someone who writes in a certain way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#m2)

### sense in the 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

- My favourite writer makes me laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x1)
- The writer used lots of describing words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x2)
- She wants to be a writer when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x3)
- Who is the writer of this poem? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x4)
- Our class are young writers this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x5)
- The writer wanted us to feel sorry for the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x6)
- He is a neat writer, so his handwriting is easy to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x7)
- Both these writers are inclined to trace the chief incidents to India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writer/#x8)

### 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

- [Writing without help shows what you can really do and makes you a better writer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/10/)
- [Behind many AI news stories stand real people with real worries: translators, artists, writers and parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/0/)
- [Artists and writers asked whether it is fair that AI learned from their work without asking, and courts are still deciding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/4/)
- [It was reported that some translators, writers and artists say they now get less work because of AI.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/10/)
- [People still love stories written by people, with real experiences behind them, though some writers worry about fewer jobs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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