write down (verb)

  • 1write 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 …

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  • 2write down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms write down : 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 to write something on a piece of paper Write down… …

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  • 3write down — PHRASAL VERB When you write something down, you record it on a piece of paper using a pen or pencil. [V P n (not pron)] On the morning before starting the fast, write down your starting weight... [V n P] Only by writing things down could I bring… …

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  • 4write down — phr verb Write down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑number, ↑thought …

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  • 5write down — verb Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. to record in written form 2. a. to depreciate, disparage, or injure by writing b. to reduce in status, rank, or value; especially to reduce the book value of intransitive verb to write so as to appeal to a lower …

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  • 6write down — verb a) To set (something) down in writing; to record something. b) To write (something) in a simple or condescending style …

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  • 7write down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, inscribe, list1, set down. See REMEMBER. 2. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower2,… …

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  • 8write down — /ˌraɪt daυn/ verb to note an asset at a lower value than previously ● written down value ● The car is written down in the company’s books …

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  • 9write — (rīt) v. wrote (rōt), writ·ten (rĭt’n) also writ (rĭt), writ·ing, writes v. tr. 1. a) To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen. b) …

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  • 10write — [ raıt ] (past tense wrote [ rout ] ; past participle writ|ten [ rıtn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create story/letter etc. ▸ 2 make words etc. with pen ▸ 3 create formal document ▸ 4 in computing ▸ 5 spell a word ▸ 6 when pen works ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …

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