write up

present singular third person writes up · participle present writing up · past wrote up · archaic past writ up · participle past written up · archaic participle past writ up · obsolete participle past ywriten up

1. transitiveTo produce by writing.

   The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.

   Synonyms: write down, record, transcribe

2. transitiveTo document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.

   Near-synonym: cite

   1 more example

   His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument.

   Synonyms: write down, cite

3. transitiveTo write about positively; to praise in writing.

   Near-synonym: talk up

   1 more example

   The paper wrote up the team's prospects.

   Synonyms: talk up · Antonyms: write down

4. transitiveaccountingTo 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.

   Antonyms: write down, devalue

5. transitivehobbiesTo 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. transitiveUsed 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.