write down

Put on paper

Write down means to record in writing: Write down the address before you forget it.

It implies putting something on paper or into a document for later reference.

In accounting, to write down an asset is to reduce its recorded value: The company wrote down $2 million in inventory losses.

record

note

Short written record

log · scribble · inscribe · register · chronicle · catalog · list · annotate · notate · itemize

devalue

depreciate

Lose value over time

lower · discount · degrade · cheapen · downgrade · belittle · disparage · denigrate · underestimate · underrate

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Opposites
recording method

write downmemorize

Fix in mind

commit to memory · learn by heart · remember · keep in mind · forget

direction of textual action

write downerase

Remove recorded marks

delete · cross out · rub out · strike through · expunge

value adjustment

write downwrite up

Prepare a formal account

mark up · appreciate · increase · inflate

Family

down, write, writer, writing, written, wrote, rewrite, writes, unwritten

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G