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writeup

writeup is the alternative form of write-up.

Meaning of write-up

Noun

write-up (plural write-ups)

  1. A written account of something, as a record.
  2. (labour, human resources) An official document or documentation listing or outlining the faults, offenses or wrongdoing of someone.
  3. An increase made to the book value of an asset that was previously undervalued.
  4. A review published in the print or online media for a book, film, etc.
    • The film had poor write-ups, but I ended up enjoying it anyway.

Forms of writeup

pluralwriteups

Origin of writeup

Deverbal from write up.

Questions about writeup

What is writeup the alternative form of?
Writeup is the alternative form of write-up.

Words near writeup in the dictionary

  1. writes up
  2. writest
  3. writeth
  4. writethrough
  5. writethroughs
  6. writeup
  7. writeups
  8. writh
  9. writh'd
  10. writh's
  11. writhe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: writeup (page history and authors); write-up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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