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put in writing

VERB
contract
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agree buy negotiate owe settle sign up undertake
STRONG
adjust arrange assent bargain bound circumscribe clinch close commit consent covenant dicker engage initial ink limit obligate pact pledge promise set stipulate
WEAK
accept offer become indebted come around enter into firm a deal give one's word go along with hammer out deal it's a deal make terms shake hands on it sign for sign papers swear to work out details
Antonyms
STRONG
break confuse derange disagree disapprove disarrange discourage disorder disorganize dissent end free let go open refuse reject release
WEAK
amplify break off dilate enlarge expand extend give increase lengthen spread stretch
VERB
record
Synonyms
STRONGEST
copy document file list log mark post register report videotape
STRONG
book can catalog chronicle cut dub enroll enter enumerate indite inscribe insert matriculate note preserve tabulate tape transcribe video wax
WEAK
chalk up cut a track jot down keep account lay down make a recording mark down put down put on file put on paper put on tape set down take down tape-record write in
Antonyms
STRONG
cancel ignore neglect withdraw
VERB
write
Synonyms
STRONGEST
address compose create draft note pen print record rewrite scrawl scribble sign tell
STRONG
author autograph chalk commit communicate copy correspond engross formulate ghost indite ink inscribe letter pencil reproduce scribe transcribe typewrite
WEAK
bang out comp dash off draw up drop a line drop a note jot down knock off knock out note down push a pencil scriven set down set forth take down turn out write down write up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy ignore ruin
STRONG
keep stop
WEAK
read

Example Sentences

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Cuban offered that Young Republicans should be smarter about the things they put in writing.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

In a recent statement, Unite said a deal "would be much closer" if promises made by the council in interviews were put in writing.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

The high-profile case — a decade after the hack and release of Sony Pictures executives’ crude and frank emails — has offered an evergreen reminder: Be careful what you put in writing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

Though the federal government has threatened unilateral action since last summer, Reclamation officials didn’t put in writing what that would look like until last month.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

On September 29, Bunderson wrote Daines to put in writing the proposed settlement that had been the product of ongoing conversations.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel