record
UK /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/ · US /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/ noun, adjective, verb, proper noun
Forms records recording recorded
- noun An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. “The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.”
- 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. “We have no record of you making this payment to us.”
- noun (by extension, informal) A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
- noun (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item. “Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?”
- noun (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- noun The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. “The heat and humidity were both new records.”
- adjective (attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
- verb (transitive) To make a record of information. “I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.”
- verb (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of. “Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.”
- verb (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record. “When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.”
- verb (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- verb (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
- verb (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
- verb (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
- verb (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
log disc phonograph record vinyl record-breaking record-setting catch phonograph recording disk platter track record record book book criminal record enter put down tape read register show commemorate memorialize memorialise immortalize immortalise
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.]
- verb To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
- verb To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.]
- verb To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak.
Etymology [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.]
Etymology [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “record”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details