Meanings
present singular third person writes down · participle present writing down · past wrote down · participle past written down
- transitiveTo produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
Synonyms: write up, record, transcribe, document, log, inscripturate
- ambitransitiveTo 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 - transitiveaccountingTo make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.
- transitiveTo condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
See also: cite
1 more example
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 800Synonyms: write up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
verbTo condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
More synonyms by meaning
verbput down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian запи́свам, запи́ша
- запи́свам (zapísvam)to set something down in writing
- запи́ша (zapíša)to set something down in writing
Chinese Mandarin 寫下來 /写下来, 寫下 /写下
- 寫下來 /写下来 (xiě xiàlai)to set something down in writing
- 寫下 /写下 (xiěxià)to set something down in writing
Danish afskrive
- afskriveto make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
Dutch opschrijven, neerschrijven
- opschrijvento set something down in writing
- neerschrijvento set something down in writing
- noterento set something down in writing
Esperanto noti
- notito set something down in writing
Finnish alaskirjata, kirjoittaa ylös
- alaskirjatato make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- kirjoittaa ylösto set something down in writing
- kirjoittaa muistiinto set something down in writing
- merkitä muistiinto set something down in writing
French noter, écrire
- noterto set something down in writing
- écrireto set something down in writing
German abschreiben, aufschreiben
- abschreibento make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- aufschreibento set something down in writing
Hebrew רָשַׁם
- רָשַׁם (rashám)to set something down in writing
Hungarian leír
- leírto set something down in writing
Italian sottoscrivere, annotare
- sottoscrivereto set something down in writing
- annotareto set something down in writing
Japanese 値引きする, 書き留める
- 値引きする (nebiki suru)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- 書き留める (kakitomeru)to set something down in writing
- 記す (shirusu)to set something down in writing
Korean 적다, 적어 두다
- 적다 (jeokda)to set something down in writing
- 적어 두다 (jeogeo duda)to set something down in writing
- 적어 놓다 (jeogeo nota)to set something down in writing
Norwegian skrive ned
- skrive nedto set something down in writing
Polish odpisywać, odpisać
- odpisywaćto make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- odpisaćto make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- zapisywaćto set something down in writing
- zapisaćto set something down in writing
Portuguese anotar
- anotarto set something down in writing
Romanian scrie, nota
- scrieto set something down in writing
- notato set something down in writing
Russian понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость, пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость
- понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость (ponižátʹ cénu/stóimostʹ)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость (ponízitʹ cénu/stóimostʹ)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- уце́нивать (ucénivatʹ)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- уценя́ть (ucenjátʹ)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- уцени́ть (ucenítʹ)to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset
- запи́сывать (zapísyvatʹ)to set something down in writing
- записа́ть (zapisátʹ)to set something down in writing
- регистри́ровать (registrírovatʹ)to set something down in writing
- зарегистри́ровать (zaregistrírovatʹ)to set something down in writing
Spanish apuntar, anotar
- apuntarto set something down in writing
- anotarto set something down in writing
- redactarto set something down in writing
Swedish anteckna, skriva ned
- antecknato set something down in writing
- skriva nedto set something down in writing
- skriva nerto set something down in writing
Ukrainian запи́сувати, записа́ти
- запи́сувати (zapýsuvaty)to set something down in writing
- записа́ти (zapysáty)to set something down in writing
Vietnamese viết ra, ghi xuống
- viết rato set something down in writing
- ghi xuốngto set something down in writing
Yiddish פֿאַרצייכענען
- פֿאַרצייכענען (fartseykhenen)to set something down in writing
Cite this entry
write down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write%20down
“write down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/write%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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