"write up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: writes up [present, singular, third-person], writing up [participle, present], wrote up [past], written up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|write<,,wrote,written> up}} write up (third-person singular simple present writes up, present participle writing up, simple past wrote up, past participle written up)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-TXUMzedY
  2. To produce by writing. Tags: transitive Synonyms: write down, record, transcribe
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-PKw10-G0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 17 33 4 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 23 19 24 6 22
  3. To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: write down
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-76uniPIb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 17 33 4 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 23 19 24 6 22
  4. To write about positively; to praise in writing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-dhfUqFmi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 17 33 4 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 23 19 24 6 22
  5. (transitive, accounting) To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Accounting
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-bIe3hoY8 Topics: accounting, business, finance
  6. (philately) To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Philately
    Sense id: en-write_up-en-verb-Wj7oU~zb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 17 33 4 30 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 6 23 19 24 6 22 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

Inflected forms

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