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WRITE UP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short account of the news
Example:
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
Synonyms:
account; news report; report; story; write up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("write up" is a kind of...):
news (information reported in a newspaper or news magazine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "write up"):
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)
Derivation:
write up (bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation
Example:
Did your boss write you up?
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "write up" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
write up (a short account of the news)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put into writing; write in complete form
Example:
write out a contract
Synonyms:
write out; write up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "write up" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he write up his major works over a short period of time?
