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write up

noun, verb — 10 senses

write-up

nounalso spelled write-up

/ˈɹaɪtˌʌp/

Etymology Deverbal from write up.

1

A written account of something, as a record.

2

An official document or documentation listing or outlining the faults, offenses or wrongdoing of someone.

Labour; human resources; labour; human resources

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.

write up

verb

CA, US, UK, SC /ˈɹaɪ̯t ˌʌp/ · UK /ˈɹʌɪ̯t ˌʌp/

1

To produce by writing.

  • The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
2

To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.

  • Near-synonym: cite
  • His supervisor wrote him up after their last argument.
3

To write about positively; to praise in writing.

  • Near-synonym: talk up
  • The paper wrote up the team's prospects.
4

Accounting, Business, Finance 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.
5

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Philately 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.
6

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.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for write-up and write up.