Dictionary

write up en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
• rīt′ ŭp′
• /ˈɹɑe̯t ˌɐp/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈɹʌi̯t ˌʌp/ (Scotland)
• /ˈɾaɪ̯ʈ ˌəp/ (India)
• /ˈɹəi̯t ˌʌp/ (Scotland)
• /ˈɾajʈ ˌəp/ (India)
• /ˈɹʌɪ̯t ˌʌp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (transitive) To produce by writing.
   • The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
2. (transitive) To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
   • His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument.
   • Near-synonym: cite
3. (transitive) To write about positively; to praise in writing.
   • The paper wrote up the team's prospects.
   • Near-synonym: talk up
4. (transitive) To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
   • The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly.
5. (transitive) To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
   • She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety.
6. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.
   • I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer.

Forms

Antonyms

write down · write down · devalue

Synonyms

talk up · record · write down · write down · cite · transcribe

Translations (9)

pl spisać (to produce by writing) · bg запи́ша (to produce by writing) · pl rozpisywać (to produce by writing) · pl rozpisać (to produce by writing) · pl sporządzić (to produce by writing) · pl napisać (to produce by writing) · bg запи́свам (to produce by writing) · pl sporządzać (to produce by writing) · pl spisywać (to produce by writing)