English Explanatory Dictionary

write up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To produce by writing.
  2. To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
  3. To write about positively; to praise in writing.
  4. To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
  5. To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.

Pronunciation

rīt′ ŭp′ /ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp/ /ˈɹʌɪ̯t ˌʌp/ /ˈɹʌi̯t ˌʌp/ /ˈɹəi̯t ˌʌp/ /ˈɹɑe̯t ˌɐp/ /ˈɾaɪ̯ʈ ˌəp/ /ˈɾajʈ ˌəp/

Word forms

write up writes up writing up wrote up writ up written up ywriten up

Synonyms

write down record transcribe cite talk up

Antonyms

write down devalue
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