write downとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

write down (三人称単数 現在形 writes down, 現在分詞 writing down, 過去形 wrote down, 過去分詞 written down)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write,‎ down.

   I can't write down in the basement; it's cold there and my fingers cramp and get stiff.

2. (transitive) To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

   Synonyms: write up, record, transcribe, document, log, inscripturate

3. (transitive, intransitive) To write (something) in a simple or condescending style.
   • 2011, Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow: The Bloomsbury Group:

     Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public!

4. (transitive, accounting) To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.

   Synonym: devalue

   Antonym: write up

5. (transitive) To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.

   Synonym: write up

   See also: cite

使用する際の注意点

• As with many pairs of phrasal verbs that contain antonymic particles (such as up かつ down), write down and write up can actually function as synonyms for some senses.

参考

• (sense 3) to talk down, to talk down to, to dumb down

アナグラム

• Winterowd

名詞

write-down (複数形 write-downs)

1. a depreciation, or a lowering in the price or value of something

関連する語

• write-off
• mark-down

参考

• write down

名詞

writedown (複数形 writedowns)

1. (accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.
   • March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     If Chelsea were to fall foul of profit and sustainability, they would be expected to cite unforeseen circumstances, much as some clubs have claimed Covid writedowns: their books would have been sound but for the pandemic.