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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : rahyt-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈraɪtˌdaʊn

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Définition of write down

Origin :
  • Old English writan "to score, outline, draw the figure of," later "to set down in writing" (class I strong verb; past tense wrat, past participle writen), from Proto-Germanic *writanan "tear, scratch" (cf. Old Frisian writa "to write," Old Saxon writan "to tear, scratch, write," Old Norse rita "write, scratch, outline," Old High German rizan "to write, scratch, tear," German reißen "to tear, pull, tug, sketch, draw, design"), outside connections doubtful. Words for "write" in most I.E languages originally mean "carve, scratch, cut" (cf. Latin scribere, Greek grapho, Sanskrit rikh-); a few originally meant "paint" (cf. Gothic meljan, Old Church Slavonic pisati, and most of the modern Slavic cognates).
  • For men use to write an evill turne in marble stone, but a good turne in the dust. [More, 1513]
  • To write (something) off (1680s) originally was from accounting; figurative sense is recorded from 1889. Write-in "unlisted candidate" is recorded from 1932.
  • As in devaluation : noun depreciation
  • As in markdown : noun depreciation
  • As in list : verb keep a record; tabulate
  • As in mark : verb see, notice
  • As in note : verb observe, perceive
  • As in put down : verb write into record
  • As in tally : verb add up; count, record
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in jot : verb scribble down
  • As in document : verb record
  • As in devaluate : verb depreciate
  • As in depreciate : verb devalue, lose value
  • As in devalue : verb depreciate
Example sentences :
  • We let the air pass through our closed teeth and we write down "S."
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • I therefore will write down with God's help the little that I know.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • I had made some progress, and had grown able to write down a simple thought.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Will you write down a message and leave it in his letter-box?
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • "Good-bye, Tommy," I said—and then something more which I do not wish to write down.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • "Well, I must talk about it all, and write down all we have to take," said mother.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Herr Baby » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • "Write down,' insults the commission,'" said the General, boiling with rage.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • I arose, and proceeded to write down the sad history of the night.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • "I will write down his address for you, when I go in," said he.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • I must write down, syllable for syllable, that the song might be got "the right way."
  • Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn

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