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  • 21write-up — write′ up n. 1) a written description or account, as in a newspaper or magazine: The play got a terrible write up[/ex] 2) bus an increase in the book value of an asset, as to compensate for inflation • Etymology: 1880–85 …

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  • 22write — • I had written my mother about all this New Yorker, 1987. The transitive use with the recipient as the object is well known in AmE, but has disappeared in BrE, except occasionally in old fashioned commercial correspondence (Please write us at… …

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  • 23write to — (computing) To record (data) onto (a magnetic disk) • • • Main Entry: ↑write …

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  • 24write — index communicate, compile, compose, correspond (communicate), frame (construct), inscribe, note ( …

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  • 25write in — index enter (record) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26write-up — index publicity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 27write-in — n AmE a vote you give to someone by writing their name on your ↑ballot paper …

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  • 28write-in — noun count AMERICAN an extra name that a voter adds to a BALLOT (=the piece of paper on which you vote) …

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  • 29write-up — noun count an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the writer s opinion about something such as a new book, play, or movie: REVIEW …

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  • 30write-in — write′ in n. cvb gov a candidate or vote for a candidate not listed on the printed ballot but written onto it by the voter • Etymology: 1930–35 …

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