writ up
writ up is the simple past of write up.
writ up is the past participle of write up.
Meaning of write up
Verb
write up (third-person singular simple present writes up, present participle writing up, simple past wrote up or (archaic) writ up, past participle written up or (archaic) writ up or (obsolete) ywriten up)
- To produce by writing.
- The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
- Synonyms:
- write down, record, transcribe
- To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
- Near-synonym: cite
- Synonyms:
- write down, cite
- To write about positively; to praise in writing.
- Near-synonym: talk up
- Synonyms:
- talk up
- Antonyms:
- write down
- To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
- The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly.
- Antonyms:
- write down, devalue
- To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
- She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.
- I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer.
Questions about writ up
- What is writ up the simple past of?
- Writ up is the simple past of write up.
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