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WRITE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce the estimated value of something
Example:
For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
Synonyms:
expense; write down; write off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "write down" is one way to...):
depreciate (lower the value of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
write-down ((accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
Synonyms:
get down; put down; set down; write down
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "write down" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "write down"):
transcribe (write out from speech, notes, etc.)
notate (put into notation, as of music or choreography)
dash down; dash off (write down hastily)
note; take down (make a written note of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
