write of

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'écrire ou de composer un texte sur un sujet ou une personne, ou de mentionner quelqu'un ou quelque chose par écrit.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of composing or producing a written work about a particular subject or person.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. To dismiss or disregardformal

   To consider someone or something as unimportant, worthless, or not worth considering.

   écarter, ne pas tenir compte

   • Many critics wrote off the new artist as a one-hit wonder.
   • The company wrote off the failed project as a loss.
   • Don't write him off just because he made a mistake.

   Synonymesbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignoreplay downshrug offslight

   Antonymesacknowledgeconsiderregardrespectvalue

2. To cancel a debtformal

   To officially cancel a debt, acknowledging that it will not be paid.

   Passer par pertes et profits

   • The bank wrote off the loan after the business went bankrupt.
   • They had to write off a significant amount of bad debt.
   • The accountant wrote off the unpaid invoices.

   Synonymescanceldischargeforgivewaivewrite off

Verbe de basewrite