Antonyms for jot down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : jot
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’É’t


Definition of jot down

Origin :
  • 1520s, borrowing of Latin jota, variant spelling of Greek iota "the letter -i-," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything.
  • As in note : verb observe, perceive
  • As in pen : verb write
  • As in put down : verb write into record
  • As in record : verb write down; store information
  • As in take down : verb write down
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in jot : verb scribble down
Example sentences :
  • There are a few things which, in the event of accident, I will jot down in writing.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • No, just jot down a note or two, to clinch that idea of ours in the right shape.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Play » by W. D. Howells
  • A bunch of paper, or the back of an envelope will do to jot down a few facts.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
  • Will you be secretary, Miss Cresswell, 206 and jot down our plan?
  • Extract from : « Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall » by Jean K. Baird
  • Usually I jot down what I can remember of them when I get home.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • He was about to jot down some facts when he was interrupted by a cry from Washington.
  • Extract from : « Five Thousand Miles Underground » by Roy Rockwood
  • He cant sleep and he gets up in the night to jot down a verse or two.
  • Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
  • He took the book, glanced at the problem and began to jot down a line of figures.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal Boy » by Owen Johnson
  • In short, the facility with which the pencil-man can jot down what he did not see is his ruin.
  • Extract from : « War's Brighter Side » by Julian Ralph.
  • That one, however, I will jot down at once lest it be forgotten also.
  • Extract from : « Saddle and Mocassin » by Francis Francis Jr.

Synonyms for jot down

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