write down

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write down

You can write down your ideas in a notebook.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To record information on paper or another permanent medium: The core meaning is to make a written record of something, such as thoughts, notes, or dictated words.
    • To reduce the nominal or book value of an asset: In accounting and finance, to formally recognize a reduction in the recorded value of an asset, often because it is overvalued or worthless.
Usage and Examples

  • Recording Information:

    • Please write down the address so you don't forget it.
    • She wrote down her ideas in a notebook during the meeting.
    • The secretary wrote down every word of the conversation.

  • Accounting/Finance (Reducing Value):

    • The company had to write down the value of its outdated inventory.
    • After the scandal, the bank was forced to write down billions in bad loans.
Advanced Usage
  • "to write something down as...": To describe or categorize something in a specific way through writing.
    • He wrote the experience down as a valuable lesson.
  • The phrasal verb is often used in its past participle form "written down" to describe something that has been recorded.
    • Make sure all the safety procedures are written down clearly.
Variants and Related Words
  • Write-down (noun): The accounting act of reducing the book value of an asset.
    • The company announced a significant write-down of its assets this quarter.
  • Write off: A related but distinct phrasal verb meaning to cancel or acknowledge as a total loss (e.g., a debt or an asset). A "write-down" is a partial reduction, while a "write-off" is usually a complete reduction to zero.
Synonyms
  • Record, note, jot down, transcribe (for recording information).
  • Devalue, depreciate, mark down (for reducing asset value).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Write up: To write a full or formal account of something (opposite in sense to the financial meaning of "write down").
    • The journalist will write up the interview for tomorrow's paper.
Related Idioms
  • Get it in writing / Put it in writing: To insist on having a formal written record of an agreement.
    • The promise is not enough; I need you to write it down.
write down

You can write down your ideas in a notebook.

Verb
  1. reduce the estimated value of something
    • For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
  2. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

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