Meaning of 'report' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the
proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for
publication.
- 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.
- To refer.
- 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.
- To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate
publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
- To give an official account or statement of; as, a
treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
- To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
- 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.
- To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a
public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- To write an account of for publication, as in a
newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
- To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an
unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
- That which is reported.
- An account or statement of the results of examination or
inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
- A story or statement circulating by common talk; a
rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
- Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
- 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.
- 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.
- A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech,
debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
- Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
Meaning of 'report' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the act of informing by verbal report
Example in sentence:- by all accounts they were a happy couple;
- he heard reports that they were causing trouble
Meaning (2):
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
Example in sentence:- he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing;
- he was a person of bad report
Meaning (3):
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Example in sentence:- he got an A on his composition
Meaning (4):
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
Example in sentence:- his father signed his report card
Meaning (5):
- a short account of the news
Example in sentence:- the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious;
- the report of his speech;
- the story was on the 11 o'clock news
Meaning (6):
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
Example in sentence:- they heard a violent report followed by silence
Meaning (7):
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
Example in sentence:- this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale
Meaning (8):
- to give an account or representation of in words
Example in sentence:- Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental
Meaning (9):
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
Example in sentence:- Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city;
- The team reported significant advances in their research
Meaning (10):
- announce one's presence
Example in sentence:- I report to work every day at 9 o'clock
Meaning (11):
- complain about; make a charge against
Example in sentence:- I reported her to the supervisor
Meaning (12):
- make known to the authorities
Example in sentence:- One student reported the other to the principal
Meaning (13):
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
Example in sentence:- Snow reported on China in the 1950's;
- The cub reporter covered New York City
Definition
[ v. i.]