write down
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write down
verb writes down · writing down · wrote down · written down
- 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.
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To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
Similar: write up, record, transcribe, document, log, inscripturate
- To write (something) in a simple or condescending style. Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public!
- To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.
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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.
Similar: write up
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verb to set something down in writing
| Español | apuntar, anotar, redactar |
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| 한국어 | 적다 jeokda, 적어 두다 jeogeo duda, 적어 놓다 jeogeo nota |
| 日本語 | 書き留める kakitomeru, 記す shirusu |
| 中文 | 寫下來 /写下来 xiě xiàlai, 寫下 /写下 xiěxià |
| Português | anotar |
| Français | noter, écrire |
| Deutsch | aufschreiben |
| Italiano | sottoscrivere, annotare |
| Română | scrie, nota |
| Русский | запи́сывать zapísyvatʹ, записа́ть zapisátʹ, регистри́ровать registrírovatʹ, зарегистри́ровать zaregistrírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | viết ra, ghi xuống |
| עברית | רָשַׁם rashám |
verb to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
| 日本語 | 値引きする nebiki suru |
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| Deutsch | abschreiben |
| Русский | понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость ponižátʹ cénu/stóimostʹ, пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость ponízitʹ cénu/stóimostʹ, уце́нивать ucénivatʹ, уценя́ть ucenjátʹ, уцени́ть ucenítʹ |
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