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reporting

re·port
R r

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/
    • /rɪˈpɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-pawrt, -pohrt]
    • /rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt/

Definitions of reporting word

  • noun reporting an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient. 1
  • noun reporting a statement or announcement. 1
  • noun reporting a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip. 1
  • noun reporting an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., especially as taken down for publication. 1
  • noun reporting a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon. 1
  • noun reporting a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time. 1
See all 29 definitions of reporting

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Origin of reporting

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (v.) Middle English reporten < Middle French reporter, Old French < Latin reportāre to carry back, equivalent to re- re- + portāre to carry (see port5); (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of reporter

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Parts of speech for Reporting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Reporting

reporting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

reporting usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for reporting

noun reporting

  • air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
  • announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
  • broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
  • communique — A communiqué is an official statement or announcement.
  • divulgation — to make publicly known; publish.

adjective reporting

  • editorial — an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.
  • journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
All 19 Synonyms of reporting

Related words

  • journalism

    the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.

  • annual report

    a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity

  • call-in pay

    payment made to employees who report for work and find there is no work for them to do.

  • coverage

    The coverage of something in the news is the reporting of it.

  • descriptive grammar

    an approach to grammar that is concerned with reporting the usage of native speakers without reference to proposed norms of correctness or advocacy of rules based on such norms.

  • gag order

    a court order banning reporters, attorneys, and other parties involved in a case before a court of law from reporting on or publicly disclosing anything relating to the case.
All related words to reporting

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