English to English
record
(r/I/'k/O/rd
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noun (n)
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events(noun.communication)Example:
The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques.
source: wordnet30 - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had(noun.quantity)Example:
At 9-0 they have the best record in their league.
source: wordnet30 - the sum of recognized accomplishments(noun.act)Example:
The lawyer has a good record.
The track record shows that he will be a good president.
source: wordnet30 - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone(noun.communication)Example:
Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'.
His name is in all the record books.
source: wordnet30 - an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)(noun.act)Example:
He tied the Olympic record.
Coffee production last year broke all previous records.
Chicago set the homicide record.
source: wordnet30 - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction(noun.possession)Example:
They could find no record of the purchase.
source: wordnet30 - a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted(noun.communication)Example:
He ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court.
The prostitute had a record a mile long.
source: wordnet30 - A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.(verb)source: webster1913
- To reflect; to ponder.(verb)source: webster1913