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write up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun write up has 1 sense
- write up(n = noun.communication) account, news report, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" is a kind of news
has particulars: newsletter, newssheet, bulletin, communique, despatch, dispatch, urban legend, exclusive, scoop
Derived form verb write up1
Verb write up has 2 senses
- write up(v = verb.communication) Array - bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation; "The New York Times wrote him up last week"; "Did your boss write you up?" is one way to write
- write up(v = verb.creation) write out - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" is one way to compose, indite, pen, write
Derived form noun write up1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Did he write up his major works over a short period of time?
THESAURUS
write up
PR, advertise, analysis, announce, ballyhoo, bark, bill, blurb, book, boost, break the news, bright light, bring word, build up, bulletin, calendar, carve, catalog, celebrity, chalk, chalk up, check in, chronicle, circularize, comment, comment upon, commentary, commentation, common knowledge, critical review, criticism, criticize, critique, cry, cry up, currency, cut, daylight, deal with, descant, discourse, discuss, dissert, dissertate, docket, eclat, editorial, engrave, enroll, enscroll, enter, establish, exposure, fame, famousness, file, fill out, give a report, give a write-up, give publicity, give tidings of, glare, gloss, go into, grave, handle, hoopla, hue and cry, impanel, incise, index, inform, inquire into, inscribe, insert, jot down, leader, leading article, limelight, list, log, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make out, mark down, matriculate, maximum dissemination, minute, note, note down, notice, notoriety, placard, place upon record, plug, poll, post, post bills, post up, press notice, press-agent, promote, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicize, publicness, puff, puffing, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, reclame, record, reduce to writing, register, rehearse, relate, remark, remark upon, report, review, rumor, running commentary, sell, set down, spiel, spotlight, survey, tabulate, take down, take up, tape, tape-record, tell, touch upon, treat, treat of, videotape, write, write down, write in, write out
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