WRITE

v. 1 pen, scribble, get off, dash off; indite, inscribe, make out I was writing you a note when you phoned She wrote out a cheque for $1000. 2 correspond (with), send a letter or a note or a postcard or US also a postal card, communicate (with) You don't write home often enough Write and let me know when you get a job. 3 compose, create, make up, author We saw the house in which Elgar wrote the 'Enigma' Variations 4 write down. a register, list, catalogue, note, make a note or notation, record, transcribe, set or jot or take down, note, put in writing, put in black and white The teacher was known for Irish bulls like, 'All absent students must write down their names' b derogate, decry, disparage, put down, minimize, make little of, play down, detract, belittle Cumberland's contributions have been written down by his critics 5 write off. delete, cancel, disregard, ignore, forgive, forget (about), annul, eradicate, erase The bad debts have been written off