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write down

write down


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. record something in words: to record something in writing, usually so that the information is not lost or forgotten
I wrote down her address.

2. oversimplify something for unsophisticated audience: to write something in excessively simplified language for the benefit of an audience considered to be unsophisticated, inexperienced, or unintelligent

3. write disparagingly about somebody: to write slightingly or disparagingly about somebody

4. reduce entered value of something: to reduce the price or value of something, especially the value of an asset as entered in the accounts of a business

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