to jot down
27
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /dʒɑt daʊn/
- Informal
:
apuntar
- Make sure to jot down your thoughts before you forget them.
- jot down ideas
- jotted down notes
- jot down thoughts
And just from listening all day, I sort of jotted down a few things.
- And just from listening all day, I sort of jotted down a few things.
- Jot it all down, not just intentions and goals, but jot down frustrations and tolerations.
- I had thought I like titles and I'd been jotting down lists, and then I thought it just came to me.
- Now, as an exercise, I want you to take a minute, pause this video and jot down a list of the narcissistic people in your life.
- And he jotted down a few different possibilities, about a dozen or so I think.
- I just kind of jotted down some of the things that my hands reached for every day, things that made my life more efficient, things that made me happy.
- That's useful because I've jotted down a few things that I thought you might.
Examples
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Take a piece of paper and jot down your answers.
Academic text (2009) -
So if you're looking to seriously take notes, jot down some To Do List or you know, just be really productive and not be distracted.
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And just from listening all day, I sort of jotted down a few things.
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So I hope you guys do try it out and jot down any comments down below.
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You might wanna jot that down in your book.
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I was just gonna jot down a note.
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Why don't you just jot down the dollar amount here?
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Fred confirmed the address on Pearl Street and jotted down the names of graduate advisers.
Fiction book (1995) -
I chatted with him, asking loads of questions and jotting down notes.
Academic text (2007) -
I love how you're always jotting down ideas for your book in your little notepad.
Synonyms
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1.0
Put letters and words onto a surface using a pen or keyboard
158
1.3
To write something down so you do not forget it
117
2.4
To write something so you do not forget it
52
3.4
To write something down on paper or a screen
30
3.4
To write something so you can remember it
13
3.8
To write words or information so they are recorded
8
3.9
To write something quickly as a short note
2
3.4
Write something by hand instead of typing it
1
4.4
To write something quickly without much care
1
4.2
To write down an idea, plan, or appointment
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Morphology
jot + down
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituents: 'jot' already means to make a short quick written note, and the particle 'down' adds the sense of recording/writing it down. This verb+particle composition is a common, predictable pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Jot down The verb jot down comes from the idea of making a very small mark or quick note. One popular story says the word jot comes from a tiny Greek letter called 'iota', so to jot down was to make a small, quick mark on paper, and that's why it now means 'to write something quickly and briefly'.