write down

write down

verb

Definition of WRITE DOWN

1

to diminish the price or value of <a company forced to write down its assets>

Synonyms attenuate, break, cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, sink, write down, write off

Related Words debase, demonetize; underestimate, underprice, underrate, undervalue; abridge, compress, contract, de-escalate, deflate, downsize, dwindle, lessen, moderate, shrink

Near Antonyms bloat, blow up, inflate; overestimate, overprice, overrate, overvalue; add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, boost, compound, dilate, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, increase, maximize, multiply, raise, swell, up

Antonyms appreciate, enhance, mark up, upgrade

2

to make a written note of <write down what you remember about that day>

Synonyms jot (down), log, mark, note, put down, register, report, set down, take down, write down

Related Words chronicle, minute, transcribe; enregister, enter, inscribe; chalk (up), notch, score