VERB
-
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? -
put into writing; write in complete form
write out a contract
NOUN
-
a short account of the news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
the report of his speech
the story was on the 11 o'clock news
How To Use write up In A Sentence
- Then one day in 1742 the employer casually asked his clerk to write up a bill of sale for the woman.
- Back in the house it had been my intention to write up my diary. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
- The editor asked him to write up last night's concert.
- They had to do a survey of the island and write up their findings.
- More senior pupils in schools can use a word processor to write up projects or dissertations for internal or external examinations.
- Mind you – I did once write up a polcol where the lass had changed her own tyre and put all 5 nuts on the wrong way – you know, with the chamfered end out! It’s A Car Tyre – I Can Manage – Go Away! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
- Opportunities are also available to administer and write up comprehensive psychoeducational batteries utilizing tools to assess academic functioning (WIAT) as well as tests of other relevant areas such as memory and learning, phonological processing and executive functioning. Practicum Training
- Well may the purchased privileges be denominated from the price that was paid for them, for it puts a value upon them; write upon them pretium sanguinis -- the price of blood. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
- She fully intended to write up a report for the file on Jennifer Spencer. INSIDERS
- Meredith used the early-morning hours to write up her counselling case studies and practise her Swahili. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY