write down

Verb

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

   Synonyms: write up record transcribe document log inscripturate

3. To write (something) in a simple or condescending style.
   • Good heavens, I can't write down to the level of the vulgar public! - 2011, Ada Leverson, Love's Shadow: The Bloomsbury Group:

   Coordinate Terms: dumb down talk down talk down to

4. To make a downward adjustment in the value of an asset.

   Synonyms: devalue

   Antonyms: write up

5. To condemn in writing; to document the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
   • By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled "Facts, Failures and Frauds"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as...
   • See also: cite

   Synonyms: write up