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Write up

//ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp// verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    a short account of the news wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To produce by writing. transitive

    "The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him."

  2. 2
    bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation wordnet
  3. 3
    To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. transitive

    "Near-synonym: cite"

  4. 4
    put into writing; write in complete form wordnet
  5. 5
    To write about positively; to praise in writing. transitive

    "Near-synonym: talk up"

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  1. 6
    To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset. transitive

    "The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly."

  2. 7
    To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety. transitive

    "She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety."

  3. 8
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up. transitive

    "I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer."

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