Definition

1. Noun:

   • A written report or account: A write-up is a short, written description or review, often of an event, news item, or performance, published in a newspaper, magazine, or official document.

2. Verb (phrasal verb: write up):

   • To put into a complete written form: To write up something means to prepare a full, formal, or polished written version based on notes or an initial draft.
   • To publish a written report about, especially with praise or criticism: To write up someone or something means to describe them in a published article or review.
   • To issue an official, often disciplinary, report on someone: In workplace or institutional contexts, to write up an employee or member means to create a formal, written record of a problem or violation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • Did you see the glowing write-up our restaurant got in the magazine?
  • The scientist prepared a detailed write-up of the experiment's results.

• Verb:

  • I need to write up my research notes into a proper paper.
  • The critic wrote up the new play, calling it a masterpiece.
  • The manager had to write up the employee for repeated tardiness.

Advanced Usage

• "To get a write-up": To be the subject of a published article or review.

  • The band got a great write-up in the local press after their concert.

• "To be written up": To receive an official disciplinary report.

  • He was written up for not following safety protocols.

Variants and Related Words

• Write-up (n): The standard noun form. Note the hyphen.
• Write-up (v): The standard phrasal verb form. Often used without a hyphen ("write up") when functioning as a verb.

Synonyms

• Noun: Account, report, review, article, story.
• Verb (to record formally): Report, document, log, cite.
• Verb (to compose fully): Draft, compose, prepare, formalize.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Write out: To write something in full, often similar to "write up" but can imply writing every detail.

  • Please write out your answers in complete sentences.

• Write down: To record information on paper, often quickly or informally.

  • I'll write down the address for you.

Related Idioms

• Write up a storm: To write a great deal or very energetically.
  • She wrote up a storm last weekend and finished three chapters of her book.

Noun

1. 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

Verb

1. put into writing; write in complete form
   • write out a contract
2. 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?