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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To refer.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
- transitive verb. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
- transitive verb. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- transitive verb. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
- transitive verb. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
- intransitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
- intransitive 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.
- transitive verb. That which is reported.
- transitive verb. An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
- transitive verb. A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
- transitive verb. Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
- transitive 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.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
- transitive verb. Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
- noun. 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"
- noun. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
"he got an A on his composition"
- noun. a short account of the news
"the report of his speech"
"the story was on the 11 o'clock news"
- noun. the act of informing by verbal report
"he heard reports that they were causing trouble"
"by all accounts they were a happy couple"
- noun. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
"this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
- noun. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
"his father signed his report card"
- noun. a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
"they heard a violent report followed by silence"
- verb. to give an account or representation of in words
"Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
- verb. make known to the authorities
"One student reported the other to the principal"
- verb. complain about; make a charge against
"I reported her to the supervisor"
- verb. announce one's presence
"I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"
- verb. 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"
- verb. 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"
Synonyms
reputation, composition, paper, theme, account, story, study, describe, cover
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in report:
porret, porter, pretor, troper
Common word forms
reports, reported, reporter, reporting, reportable
Words from these letters
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