write up

write  (rt)

v. wrote (rt), writ·ten (rtn) also writ (rt), writ·ing, writes

v.tr.

1.

a. To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.

b. To spell: How do you write your name?

2. To form (letters or words) in cursive style.

3. To compose and set down, especially in literary or musical form: write a poem; write a prelude.

4. To draw up in legal form; draft: write a will.

5. To fill in or cover with writing: write a check; wrote five pages in an hour.

6. To express in writing; set down: write one's thoughts.

7. To communicate by correspondence: wrote that she was planning to visit.

8. To underwrite, as an insurance policy.

9. To indicate; mark: "Utter dejection was written on every face" Winston S. Churchill.

10. To ordain or prophesy: It was written that the empire would fall.

11. Computer Science To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.

v.intr.

1. To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface.

2. To produce written material, such as articles or books.

3. To compose a letter; communicate by mail.

Phrasal Verbs:

write down

1. To set down in writing.

2. To reduce in rank, value, or price.

3. To disparage in writing.

4. To write in a conspicuously simple or condescending style: felt he had to write down to his students.

write in

1. To cast a vote by inserting (a name not listed on a ballot).

2. To insert in a text or document: wrote in an apology at the end of the note.

3. To communicate with an organization by mail: write in with a completed entry form.

write off

1. To reduce to zero the book value of (an asset that has become worthless).

2. To cancel from accounts as a loss.

3. To consider as a loss or failure: wrote off the rainy first day of the vacation.

write out

1. To express or compose in writing: write out a request.

2. To write in full or expanded form: All abbreviations are to be written out.

write up

1. To write a report or description of, as for publication.

2. To bring (a journal, for example) up to date.

3. To overstate the value of (assets).

4. To report (someone) in writing, as for breaking the law. wrote him up for speeding.

Idioms:

write (one's) own ticket

To set one's own terms or course of action entirely according to one's own needs or wishes: an open-ended and generous scholarship that lets recipients write their own ticket.

writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" George Eliot.

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[Middle English writen, from Old English wrtan.]

Word History: Every western Indo-European language except English derives its verb for "to write" from Latin scrbere: écrire in French, escribir in Spanish, scrivere in Italian, scribaim in Old Irish, ysgrifennu in Welsh, skriva in Breton, skrifa in Old Norse, skrive in Danish and Norwegian, skriva in Swedish, schreiben in German, schrijven in Dutch. The Old English verb "to write" is wrtan, from a Germanic root *writ- that derives from an Indo-European root *wreid- meaning "to cut, scratch, tear, sketch an outline." German still retains this meaning in its cognate verb reissen, "to tear." Only Old English employed wrtan to refer to writing, that is, scratching on parchment with a pen. English shows a similar contrariness in its verb read, being almost the only western European language not to derive its verb for that concept from Latin legere.

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write up

Verb

to describe fully, complete, or bring up to date in writing: she would write up her diary in bed

Noun

write-up

a published account of something, such as a review in a newspaper or magazine: I see the Herald didn't give you a very good write-up

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	write up - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" news report, account, report, story news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" newsletter, newssheet - report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group bulletin - a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast) communique, despatch, dispatch - an official report (usually sent in haste) urban legend - a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humor or horror and is popularly believed to be true exclusive, scoop - a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials"
Verb	1.	write up - bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?" write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
	2.	write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" write out authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"