"write down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: writes down [present, singular, third-person], writing down [participle, present], wrote down [past], written down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|write<,,wrote,written> down}} write down (third-person singular simple present writes down, present participle writing down, simple past wrote down, past participle written down)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, down. Derived forms: write-down [noun], writedown [noun]
    Sense id: en-write_down-en-verb-REhCpX2X Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 10 38 4 9 38
  2. (transitive) To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something. Tags: transitive Synonyms: write up, record, transcribe, document, log, inscripturate
    Sense id: en-write_down-en-verb-mgx6wSDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 41 2 4 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 10 38 4 9 38
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To write (something) in a simple or condescending style. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-write_down-en-verb-sBRkv0mb
  4. (transitive, accounting) To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Accounting Synonyms: devalue Translations (to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset): nedskrive (Danish), alaskirjata (Finnish), abschreiben (German), 値引きする (nebiki suru) (Japanese), понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость (ponižátʹ cénu/stóimostʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость (ponízitʹ cénu/stóimostʹ) [perfective] (Russian), уце́нивать (ucénivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уценя́ть (ucenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уцени́ть (ucenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-write_down-en-verb-q6MZWCP~ Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset': 1 3 1 92 3
  5. (transitive) To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: write up
    Sense id: en-write_down-en-verb-dx~eXucH Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 5 41 1 1 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 41 2 4 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 10 38 4 9 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to set something down in writing): запі́сваць (zapísvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), запіса́ць (zapisácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), 寫下來 (Chinese Mandarin), 写下来 (xiě xiàlai) (Chinese Mandarin), 寫下 (Chinese Mandarin), 写下 (xiěxià) (Chinese Mandarin), opschrijven (Dutch), neerschrijven (Dutch), noteren (Dutch), noti (Esperanto), kirjoittaa ylös (Finnish), kirjoittaa muistiin (Finnish), merkitä muistiin (Finnish), noter (French), écrire (French), aufschreiben (German), uufschriibe [Alemannic-German] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anamēljan) (Gothic), רָשַׁם (rashám) (Hebrew), leír (Hungarian), sottoscrivere (Italian), annotare (Italian), 書き留める (kakitomeru) (alt: かきとめる) (Japanese), 記す (shirusu) (alt: しるす) (Japanese), бичҗ авх (biçj avx) (Kalmyk), 적다 (jeokda) (Korean), 적어 두다 (jeogeo duda) (Korean), 적어 놓다 (jeogeo nota) (Korean), skrive ned (Norwegian), zapisywać [imperfective] (Polish), zapisać [perfective] (Polish), scrie (Romanian), nota (Romanian), запи́сывать (zapísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), записа́ть (zapisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), регистри́ровать (registrírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), зарегистри́ровать (zaregistrírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), apuntar (Spanish), anteckna (Swedish), skriva ned (Swedish), skriva ner (Swedish), запи́сувати (zapýsuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), записа́ти (zapysáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), viết ra (Vietnamese), ghi xuống (Vietnamese), פֿאַרצייכענען (fartseykhenen) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'to set something down in writing': 2 44 2 2 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for write down meaning in English (13.2kB)

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        "(transitive) To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something."
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          "word": "transcribe"
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          "word": "log"
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          "word": "inscripturate"
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          "ref": "2011, Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow: The Bloomsbury Group",
          "text": "Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public!",
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        "To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset."
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          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "word": "nedskrive"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "word": "alaskirjata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "word": "abschreiben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nebiki suru",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "word": "値引きする"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponižátʹ cénu/stóimostʹ",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ponízitʹ cénu/stóimostʹ",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ucénivatʹ",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уце́нивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 92 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ucenjátʹ",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уценя́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ucenítʹ",
          "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
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          "ref": "1951 December, Michael Robbins, “John Francis's \"History of the English Railway\"”, in Railway Magazine, page 800",
          "text": "By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled \"Facts, Failures and Frauds\"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler.",
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          "text": "See also: cite"
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        "To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of."
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        [
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        "(transitive) To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "FlatO@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapísvacʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запі́сваць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapisácʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запіса́ць"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "寫下來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiě xiàlai",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "写下来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "寫下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiěxià",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "写下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "opschrijven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "neerschrijven"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noteren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "kirjoittaa ylös"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "kirjoittaa muistiin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "merkitä muistiin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "écrire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "aufschreiben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "uufschriibe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anamēljan",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rashám",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "רָשַׁם"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "leír"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "sottoscrivere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "annotare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "alt": "かきとめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakitomeru",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "書き留める"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "alt": "しるす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shirusu",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "記す"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "biçj avx",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "бичҗ авх"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokda",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeogeo duda",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적어 두다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeogeo nota",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적어 놓다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "skrive ned"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisywać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisać"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "scrie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "nota"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapisátʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "записа́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "registrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "регистри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaregistrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зарегистри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "apuntar"
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      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "anteckna"
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      "word": "skriva ned"
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      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "skriva ner"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýsuvaty",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "запи́сувати"
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      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
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      "roman": "zapysáty",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "записа́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "viết ra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "ghi xuống"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "2 44 2 2 50",
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fartseykhenen",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "פֿאַרצייכענען"
    }
  ],
  "word": "write down"
}
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        "To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset."
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          "text": "By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled \"Facts, Failures and Frauds\"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler.",
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        "(transitive) To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of."
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    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "FlatO@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp OpenB@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapísvacʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запі́сваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapisácʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запіса́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "寫下來"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiě xiàlai",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "写下来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "寫下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiěxià",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "写下"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "opschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "neerschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "kirjoittaa ylös"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "kirjoittaa muistiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "merkitä muistiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "noter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "écrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "aufschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "uufschriibe"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anamēljan",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rashám",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "רָשַׁם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "leír"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "sottoscrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "annotare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かきとめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakitomeru",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "書き留める"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しるす",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shirusu",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "記す"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "biçj avx",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "бичҗ авх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokda",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeogeo duda",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적어 두다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeogeo nota",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "적어 놓다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "skrive ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapisać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "scrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "nota"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapisátʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "записа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "registrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "регистри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaregistrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зарегистри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "apuntar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "anteckna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "skriva ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "skriva ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapýsuvaty",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запи́сувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapysáty",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "записа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "viết ra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "ghi xuống"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fartseykhenen",
      "sense": "to set something down in writing",
      "word": "פֿאַרצייכענען"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "word": "nedskrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "word": "alaskirjata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "word": "abschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nebiki suru",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "word": "値引きする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponižátʹ cénu/stóimostʹ",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "понижа́ть це́ну/сто́имость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponízitʹ cénu/stóimostʹ",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пони́зить це́ну/сто́имость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ucénivatʹ",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уце́нивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ucenjátʹ",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уценя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ucenítʹ",
      "sense": "to make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уцени́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "write down"
}

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