Dictionary Entry
report
report is a 6-letter English word with 33 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To refer. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 33 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To refer.
- 2transitive verb
To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
- 3transitive verb
To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
- 4transitive verb
To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
- 5transitive verb
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
- 6transitive verb
To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
- 7transitive verb
To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- 8transitive verb
To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
- 9transitive verb
To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
- 10intransitive verb
To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
- 11intransitive verb
To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
- 12intransitive verb
To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.
- 13transitive verb
That which is reported.
- 14transitive verb
An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
- 15transitive verb
A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
- 16transitive verb
Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
- 17transitive verb
An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like.
- 18transitive verb
An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.
- 19transitive verb
A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
- 20transitive verb
Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
- 21noun
the general estimation that the public has for a person
"he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"
"he was a person of bad report"
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- 22noun
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
"he got an A on his composition"
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- 23noun
a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"
"the story was on the 11 o'clock news"
- 24noun
the act of informing by verbal report
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble"
"by all accounts they were a happy couple"
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- 25noun
a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
"this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
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- 26noun
a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
"his father signed his report card"
- 27noun
a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
"they heard a violent report followed by silence"
- 28verb
to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
- 29verb
make known to the authorities
"One student reported the other to the principal"
- 30verb
complain about; make a charge against
"I reported her to the supervisor"
- 31verb
announce one's presence
"I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"
- 32verb
announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
"Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"
"The team reported significant advances in their research"
- 33verb
be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
"Snow reported on China in the 1950's"
"The cub reporter covered New York City"
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