written form
Text on paper
Written form refers to language as it appears in writing rather than speech.
Something exists in written form when it has been put down in text: The agreement should be in written form, I'd like to see your proposal in written form.
The phrase often implies permanence, formality, or legal validity that spoken words lack.
- textWritten or printed words
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- documentWritten or electronic file
- scriptWritten words for performance
- handwritingManual letter formation
block letters · print · fine print · notation · transcription · letter · dead letter · inscription · prose · page · pen and paper · pen · ink · paper · draft · rough draft · scribe · calligraphy
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- on paperblueprint, draft, outline, proposal, plan
- Aramaic languagesalphabet
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- dictionariesdictionary, dictionaries, definitions, definition, entries
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
written formspeech
Oral communication ability
spoken word · oral tradition · verbal communication · oral communication · spoken language
written formoff-the-record
Not for attribution
verbal agreement · unwritten · undocumented · unrecorded · word of mouth
written, write, writes, wrote, writing, writer, writers, rewrite, rewrites