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record - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'record' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Record [ v. i.]
- To reflect; to ponder.
- To sing or repeat a tune.
2 . Record [ v. t.]
- To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
- To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
- 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.
- Testimony; witness; attestation.
- That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'record' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . record [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
Example in sentence:
  • Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record';
  • his name is in all the record books
Meaning (2):
- the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
Example in sentence:
  • at 9-0 they have the best record in their league
Meaning (3):
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
Example in sentence:
  • Chicago set the homicide record;
  • coffee production last year broke all previous records;
  • he tied the Olympic record
Meaning (4):
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
Example in sentence:
  • he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court;
  • the prostitute had a record a mile long
Meaning (5):
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
Example in sentence:
  • the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Meaning (6):
- the sum of recognized accomplishments
Example in sentence:
  • the lawyer has a good record;
  • the track record shows that he will be a good president
Meaning (7):
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
Example in sentence:
  • they could find no record of the purchase
8 . record [ v]
Meaning (8):
- be aware of
Example in sentence:
  • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
Meaning (9):
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Example in sentence:
  • The gauge read `empty';
  • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
Meaning (10):
- register electronically
Example in sentence:
  • They recorded her singing