WRITE-DOWN Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

write down

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as in to reduce

to diminish the price or value of a company forced to write down its assets

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as in to record

to make a written note of write down what you remember about that day

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Recent Examples of write down Japan’s biggest life insurer wrote down ¥70 billion ($440 million) in the year ended March 31, a charge that a company spokesperson said was its first since the Bank of Japan shifted its policy to raising interest rates in March 2024. —

Nao Sano, Bloomberg, 26 May 2026 Building something from nothing From her bed, with panic attacks still a daily reality, Mustered opened a notebook and wrote down her plan. —

Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 21 May 2026 Nothing can be written down, and no one can know everything, so much of the dialogue is a bewildering avalanche of codewords and code names. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 May 2026 But the shift has been costly to automakers, who have been forced to write down the value of their large-scale EV investments. —

Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for write down

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Before long, the living room is reduced to a bare stage, upon which only a couple of pulleys and switches are visible.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Each ergonomic Nuage seat fully reclines to improve circulation and reduce back pressure.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 June 2026