to write up
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /ˈraɪt ʌp/
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- If you have a good memory and lots of time, you can write up your notes after the employee leaves.
- write up a report
- write up the findings
- write up the results
I give it to you and then you write up my message in your style.
- I give it to you and then you write up my message in your style.
- And that one section is written up by lawyers that actually recount the deal.
- So thanks to that definition being super clear, I wrote up an example.
- And once you read, write up that list, you should almost create a spreadsheet, right?
- They're lawyers are really good about writing up those contracts.
- In that one, I wrote up a description of what I was going to do.
- And then when I'm done, I immediately would write up the synopsis while it was fresh in my head.
- And a great deal of effort went into writing up sort of nice versions of his proofs and so on.
- I'll pay you now for the right and you get a lawyer and you write up a contract and that's that's an option.
- So some friends and I tried to figure it out, wrote up a paper for the journal Nature.
- You know, write up one page description that's going to help me understand what they're like.
- The Economist findings were written up in in many, many different in many different venues.
- And you know, we're still writing up the paper, so I can't give you all the the details, but.
Examples
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In terms of social action, the students were asked to write up these analyses for real purposes and audiences.
Academic text (2015) -
Sorry, kids, but I have to go write up this report before I can do anything.
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I give it to you and then you write up my message in your style.
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Take it, run with it, and then write up a paper.
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You write up the report.
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At the end of the week, each student writes up a report in the computer lab.
Academic text (1994) -
Following the examination, the two men of science retired to write up their reports.
Fiction book (2002) -
After each urban walk, the children used the collected data to write up their findings and make graphs.
Academic text (1998) -
Before the meeting, I need to write up the minutes from our last discussion.
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After conducting the research, she will write up her findings in a formal report.
Synonyms
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3.7
To prepare and write official papers such as contracts or wills
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4.2
To state something clearly in writing or speech
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2.4
Put all the details on a form or paper
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3.8
To write words or information so they are recorded
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6.0
To write something carefully, often a long text
Antonyms
How Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'write' combined with the particle 'up' can be partially interpreted by a B1 learner because 'up' often adds a completive/intensifying or promotive sense (e.g., write something fully, produce a formal account), so the idea of producing a written report is reasonably derivable. However, the specific sense 'to bring someone or something to public notice by writing about them' (i.e. reporting/publicising with praise or criticism) is more idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts without prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Write up comes from the idea of turning quick notes into a full, finished piece of writing, where write is the act and up shows the work is complete. Imagine scribbles becoming a neat, complete report, and you see why it means 'to put information into a complete or formal written form'.