writing instrument (noun)

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• instrument — noun 1 tool for a particular task ADJECTIVE ▪ precision, sensitive ▪ sophisticated ▪ reliable ▪ crude ▪ blunt …   Collocations dictionary

• instrument — in·stru·ment n 1: a means or implement by which something is achieved, performed, or furthered an instrument of crime 2: a document (as a deed, will, bond, note, certificate of deposit, insurance policy, warrant, or writ) evidencing rights or… …   Law dictionary

• Writing — is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and the recording of language via a non… …   Wikipedia

• Clarion (instrument) — Clarion is a common name for a trumpet in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It also is used as a name for a 4 organ reed stop.[1] There is wide confusion over whether clarion invariably refers to a type of trumpet or simply the upper register… …   Wikipedia

• blue pencil — noun Date: 1886 a writing instrument used for editing; also the act or practice of blue penciling …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• will — 1 n 1: the desire, inclination, or choice of a person or group 2: the faculty of wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending 3: a legal declaration of a person s wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death; esp: a formally… …   Law dictionary

• pen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stockade, enclosure, fold, stall, coop, cage, pound, corral, paddock; stylus, quill. v. t. confine, jail, impound, enclose, restrain, cage, coop; write, indite, inscribe. See restraint, abode, writing …   English dictionary for students

• Word-sense disambiguation — Disambiguation redirects here. For other uses, see Disambiguation (disambiguation). In computational linguistics, word sense disambiguation (WSD) is an open problem of natural language processing, which governs the process of identifying which… …   Wikipedia

• pen — I. transitive verb (penned; penning) Etymology: Middle English pennen, from Old English pennian Date: 13th century to shut in or as if in a pen II. noun Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from pennen Date: 14th century 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• David Swinney — Dr. David Swinney (April 21, 1946 April 14, 2006) was a prominent psycholinguist. His research on language comprehension contributed to methodological advances in his field. Contents 1 Biography 2 Contributions to the field of psycholinguistics 3 …   Wikipedia

• papers — noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) (Freq. 13) • Syn: ↑document, ↑written document • Derivationally related forms: ↑documental (for: ↑document), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary