Dictionary

write down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down.
   • I can't write down in the basement; it's cold there and my fingers cramp and get stiff.
2. (transitive) To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
3. (ambitransitive) To write (something) in a simple or condescending style.
   • Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public! 2011, Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow: The Bloomsbury Group:
4. (transitive) To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.
5. (transitive) To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
   • By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled "Facts, Failures and Frauds"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler. 1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's "History of the English Railway"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800:
   • See also: cite

Forms

Antonyms

write up

Coordinates

talk down to · dumb down · talk down

Deriveds

write-down · writedown

Synonyms

record · devalue · transcribe · log · write up · document · write up · inscripturate

Translations (60)

xal бичҗ авх (to set something down in writing) · de abschreiben (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · ru пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · ro scrie (to set something down in writing) · cmn 寫下 /写下 (to set something down in writing) · ro nota (to set something down in writing) · ja 書き留める (to set something down in writing) · pl zapisać (to set something down in writing) · pl odpisywać (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · es anotar (to set something down in writing) · ru уценя́ть (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · ru запи́сывать (to set something down in writing) · ru уце́нивать (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · nl neerschrijven (to set something down in writing) · cmn 寫下來 /写下来 (to set something down in writing) · de aufschreiben (to set something down in writing) · ko 적다 (to set something down in writing) · yi פֿאַרצייכענען (to set something down in writing) · vi ghi xuống (to set something down in writing) · ko 적어 놓다 (to set something down in writing) · he רָשַׁם (to set something down in writing) · pl zapisywać (to set something down in writing) · uk запи́сувати (to set something down in writing) · ja 値引きする (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · ru зарегистри́ровать (to set something down in writing) · da afskrive (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · pl odpisać (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · gsw uufschriibe (to set something down in writing) · fr noter (to set something down in writing) · fi alaskirjata (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · bg запи́ша (to set something down in writing) · it sottoscrivere (to set something down in writing) · ru записа́ть (to set something down in writing) · nl noteren (to set something down in writing) · hu leír (to set something down in writing) · it annotare (to set something down in writing) · ko 적어 두다 (to set something down in writing) · be запіса́ць (to set something down in writing) · fi kirjoittaa muistiin (to set something down in writing) · vi viết ra (to set something down in writing) · sv skriva ner (to set something down in writing) · ru уцени́ть (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · es redactar (to set something down in writing) · bg запи́свам (to set something down in writing) · fi merkitä muistiin (to set something down in writing) · es apuntar (to set something down in writing) · uk записа́ти (to set something down in writing) · sv skriva ned (to set something down in writing) · pt anotar (to set something down in writing) · no skrive ned (to set something down in writing) · ja 記す (to set something down in writing) · ru регистри́ровать (to set something down in writing) · sv anteckna (to set something down in writing) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to set something down in writing) · fi kirjoittaa ylös (to set something down in writing) · nl opschrijven (to set something down in writing) · fr écrire (to set something down in writing) · be запі́сваць (to set something down in writing) · ru понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset) · eo noti (to set something down in writing)