ALL meanings of record
re·cord
R r - countable noun record If you keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later. 0
- verb record If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it. 0
- verb record If you record something such as a speech or performance, you put it on tape or film so that it can be heard or seen again later. 0
- verb record If a musician or performer records a piece of music or a television or radio show, they perform it so that it can be put onto CD, tape, or film. 0
- countable noun record A record is a round, flat piece of black plastic on which sound, especially music, is stored, and which can be played on a record player. You can also refer to the music stored on this piece of plastic as a record. 0
- verb record If a dial or other measuring device records a certain measurement or value, it shows that measurement or value. 0
- countable noun record A record is the best result that has ever been achieved in a particular sport or activity, for example the fastest time, the furthest distance, or the greatest number of victories. 0
- adjective record You use record to say that something is higher, lower, better, or worse than has ever been achieved before. 0
- countable noun record Someone's record is the facts that are known about their achievements or character. 0
- countable noun record If someone has a criminal record, it is officially known that they have committed crimes in the past. 0
- noun record an account in permanent form, esp in writing, preserving knowledge or information about facts or events 0
- noun record a written account of some transaction that serves as legal evidence of the transaction 0
- noun record a written official report of the proceedings of a court of justice or legislative body, including the judgments given or enactments made 0
- noun record anything serving as evidence or as a memorial 0
- noun record information or data on a specific subject collected methodically over a long period 0
- noun record the best or most outstanding amount, rate, height, etc, ever attained, as in some field of sport 0
- noun record (as modifier) 0
- noun record the sum of one's recognized achievements, career, or performance 0
- noun record a list of crimes of which an accused person has previously been convicted, which are known to the police but may only be disclosed to a court in certain circumstances 0
- noun record a thin disc of a plastic material upon which sound has been recorded. Each side has a spiral groove, which undulates in accordance with the frequency and amplitude of the sound. Records were formerly made from a shellac-based compound but were later made from vinyl plastics 0
- noun record the markings made by a recording instrument such as a seismograph 0
- noun record a group of data or piece of information preserved as a unit in machine-readable form 0
- noun record (in some computer languages) a data structure designed to allow the handling of groups of related pieces of information as though the group were a single entity 0
- verb record to set down in some permanent form so as to preserve the true facts of 0
- verb record to contain or serve to relate (facts, information, etc) 0
- verb record to indicate, show, or register 0
- verb record to remain as or afford evidence of 0
- verb record to make a recording of (music, speech, etc) for reproduction, or for later broadcasting 0
- verb record (of an instrument) to register or indicate (information) on a scale 0
- verb transitive record to put in writing, print, etc. for future use; draw up an account of 0
- verb transitive record to make a permanent or official note of 0
- verb transitive record to indicate automatically and permanently, as on a graph or chart 0
- verb transitive record to show, as on a dial 0
- verb transitive record to remain as evidence of 0
- verb transitive record to register (sound or visual images) in some permanent form, as on a phonograph disc, magnetic tape, etc. for reproduction on a playback device 0
- verb transitive record to register the performance of (a musician, actor, composition, etc.) on discs, tapes, etc. in this way 0
- intransitive verb record to record something 0
- intransitive verb record to admit of being recorded 0
- noun record the condition of being recorded 0
- noun record anything that is written down and preserved as evidence; account of events 0
- noun record anything that serves as evidence of an event, etc. 0
- noun record an official written report of public proceedings, as in a legislature or court of law, preserved for future reference 0
- noun record anything that written evidence is put on or in, as a register or monument 0