write down

verb

1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 4)

• Syn: ↑set down, ↑get down, ↑put down

• Hypernyms: ↑write

• Hyponyms: ↑transcribe, ↑notate, ↑dash down, ↑dash off, ↑note, ↑take down

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

2. reduce the estimated value of something

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For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer

• Syn: ↑expense, ↑write off

• Derivationally related forms: ↑write-down, ↑write-off (for: ↑write off)

• Hypernyms: ↑depreciate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb

1. : to commit to writing : record in written form

write down each letter as you receive it — Boy Scout Handbk.

instruments … which automatically write down their impressions of temperature — Waldemar Kaempffert

writes herself down as a United States citizen — Current Biography

2. : to record, regard, or reveal as being

not to be somewhat hilarious would be to write oneself down a bore — H.A.Overstreet

3.

a. : to depreciate, disparage, or injure by writing

has very properly written down his value as a straight novelist — Times Literary Supplement

b. : to reduce in status, rank, or value

the legal position of the service secretaries was therefore written down — T.K.Finletter

specifically : to reduce the book value of

write down an asset

c. : to play down in writing

each of the men's parts is deliberately written down to leave her role supreme — Times Literary Supplement

intransitive verb

: to write so as to appeal to a lower level of taste, comprehension, or intelligence : popularize or simplify unduly

unnecessary writing down to the juvenile audience — Anthony Boucher

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write down

1. To put down in written characters

2. To write in disparagement of

3. To write so as to be intelligible or attractive to people of lower intelligence or inferior taste

4. To reduce the book value of an asset (writeˈ-down noun)

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Main Entry: ↑write

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ˌwrite ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they write down he/she/it writes down present participle writing down past tense wrote down past participle written down] phrasal verb

to write something on a piece of paper

Write down seven words that describe how you feel.

As soon as I have an idea, I write it down.

Thesaurus: to write something_synonym

Main entry: write

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write down [phrasal verb]

write (something) down or write down (something) : to write (something) on a piece of paper

I want all of you to write down your ideas.

Please write your phone number down for me.

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Main Entry: ↑write