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Write down

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Verb
  1. 1
    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
    reduce the estimated value of something wordnet
  3. 3
    To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. transitive
  4. 4
    put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. wordnet
  5. 5
    To write (something) in a simple or condescending style. ambitransitive

    "Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public!"

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  1. 6
    To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset. transitive
  2. 7
    To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. transitive

    "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."

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