record

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

2. 2transitive verb

   To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.

3. 3transitive verb

   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.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To reflect; to ponder.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To sing or repeat a tune.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7transitive verb

   An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.

8. 8transitive verb

   An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.

9. 9transitive verb

   An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.

10. 10transitive verb

    The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.

11. 11transitive verb

    Testimony; witness; attestation.

12. 12transitive verb

    That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.

13. 13transitive verb

    That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.

14. 14transitive verb

    That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.

15. 15noun

    the sum of recognized accomplishments

    "the lawyer has a good record"

    "the track record shows that he will be a good president"

16. 16noun

    an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

    "he tied the Olympic record"

    "coffee production last year broke all previous records"

17. 17noun

    sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

    Synonyms

    discdiskplatter
18. 18noun

    a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

    "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"

    "the prostitute had a record a mile long"

19. 19noun

    a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

    "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"

    "his name is in all the record books"

    Synonyms

    book
20. 20noun

    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"

21. 21noun

    a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

    "they could find no record of the purchase"

22. 22noun

    the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

    "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"

23. 23verb

    be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

    "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"

    "We memorialized the Dead"

    Synonyms

    commemorateimmortaliseimmortalizememorialisememorialize
24. 24verb

    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"

    "The gauge read `empty'"

    Synonyms

    readregistershow
25. 25verb

    register electronically

    "They recorded her singing"

    Synonyms

    tape
26. 26verb

    make a record of; set down in permanent form

    Synonyms

    enter
27. 27verb

    be aware of

    "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"

    Synonyms

    register