write

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1. to put into writing, especially in full detail:

   My boss asked me to write up a report for the meeting on Monday, so I cancelled my plans and worked on it all weekend.

2. to present to public notice in a written description or account.
3. to document a violation, complaint, or charge against, especially in a recommendation for disciplinary action:

   Is it true that you were written up by your French teacher because you set a classroom dictionary on fire?

4. Accounting. to make an excessive valuation of (an asset).

1. to cancel an entry in an account, as an unpaid and uncollectable debt.
2. to regard as worthless, lost, obsolete, etc.; decide to forget:

   to write off their bad experience.

3. to amortize:

   The new equipment was written off in three years.

1. to set down in writing; record; note.
2. to direct one's writing to a less intelligent reader or audience:

   He writes down to the public.

1. to vote for (a candidate not listed on the ballot) by writing a full name rather than selecting an option on the ballot.
2. to include in or add to a text by writing:

   Do not write in corrections on the galley.

3. to request something by mail:

   If interested, please write in for details.

1. to put into writing.
2. to write in full form; state completely.
3. to exhaust the capacity or resources of by excessive writing:

   He's just another author who has written himself out.