write down

Definitions

1. 1

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   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. 2

   To produce or set (something) down in writing

   To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

3. 3

   To write (something) in a simple or condescending style.

   • Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public!
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   1. 4

      To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.

   2. 5

      To condemn in writing

      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.
      • See also: cite

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