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Definition of Record
1. Verb. Make a record of; set down in permanent form.
Category relationships: Recording, Transcription
Specialized synonyms: Chalk Up, Tally, Clock In, Clock On, Punch In, Tape, Accession, Post, Ring Up, Manifest, Inscribe, Chronicle, File, File Away, Document, Log, Clock Up, Log Up, Film, Shoot, Take, Tape, Videotape, Photograph, Shoot, Snap, Mark, Score, Notch, Keep, Maintain, Film, Register, Book
Generic synonyms: Preserve, Save
Derivative terms: Entry, Recorder, Recorder
2. Noun. Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events. "The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
Specialized synonyms: Written Account, Written Record, Memorabilia, Check Stub, Counterfoil, Stub, Data File, File, Account, Chronicle, History, Story, Working Papers
Generic synonyms: Evidence
3. Verb. Register electronically. "They will record the duet"; "They recorded her singing"
Specialized synonyms: Save, Write, Tape Record, Prerecord, Cut, Cut
Generic synonyms: Enter, Put Down
Antonyms: Erase
Derivative terms: Recorder, Recording, Tape, Tape, Taping
4. Noun. Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove.
Terms within: Acetate Disk, Phonograph Recording Disk
Specialized synonyms: L-p, Lp, 78, Seventy-eight
Generic synonyms: Audio, Audio Recording, Sound Recording
5. Verb. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments. "The gauge read `empty'"
Specialized synonyms: Say, Show, Strike
Generic synonyms: Indicate
Derivative terms: Reading, Reading, Registration
6. Noun. The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had. "At 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
7. Verb. Be aware of. "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
8. Noun. The sum of recognized accomplishments. "The track record shows that he will be a good president"
9. Verb. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. "We memorialized the Dead"
Generic synonyms: Remind
Specialized synonyms: Monumentalise, Monumentalize
Derivative terms: Commemoration, Commemorative, Memorial, Memorial
10. Noun. A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone. "His name is in all the record books"
Specialized synonyms: Logbook, Won-lost Record, Card, Scorecard
Generic synonyms: Fact
11. Noun. An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport). "Chicago set the homicide record"
12. Noun. A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction. "They could find no record of the purchase"
Generic synonyms: Document
Specialized synonyms: Balance Sheet, Expense Record, Account Book, Book, Book Of Account, Ledger, Leger, Payslip, Register, Bankbook, Passbook, Checkbook, Chequebook
13. Noun. A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted. "The prostitute had a record a mile long"
Definition of Record
1. v. t. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
2. v. i. To reflect; to ponder.
3. n. 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.
Definition of Record
1. Noun. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. ¹
2. Noun. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. ¹
3. Noun. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item. ¹
5. Noun. The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To make a record of information. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. ¹
11. Verb. (transitive intransitive obsolete) To repeat; to practice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Record
1. to set down for preservation [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Record
1. 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. "I it you record." 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. "They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest." (Fairfax) 3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. "Those things that are recorded of him . . . Are written in the chronicles of the kings." (1 Esd. I. 42) To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc, to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public. Origin: OE. Recorden to repeat, remind, F. Recorder, fr. L. Recordari to remember; pref. Re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Record
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