record, track record
(noun) the sum of recognized accomplishments; âthe lawyer has a good recordâ; âthe track record shows that he will be a good presidentâ
record
(noun) an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); âhe tied the Olympic recordâ; âcoffee production last year broke all previous recordsâ; âChicago set the homicide recordâ
record, record book, book
(noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; âAl Smith used to say, âLetâs look at the recordââ; âhis name is in all the record booksâ
record
(noun) anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; âthe film provided a valuable record of stage techniquesâ
record
(noun) a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; âthey could find no record of the purchaseâ
record
(noun) the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; âat 9-0 they have the best record in their leagueâ
read, register, show, record
(verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; âThe thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zeroâ; âThe gauge read âemptyââ
record, tape
(verb) register electronically; âThey recorded her singingâ
record, enter, put down
(verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form
record, register
(verb) be aware of; âDid you register any change when I pressed the button?â
Source: WordNet® 3.1
record (plural records)
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
Synonym: log
Ellipsis of phonograph record.: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
Synonyms: disc, phonograph record, vinyl
(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
• activation record
• broken record
• data record
• public record
• world record
record (third-person singular simple present records, present participle recording, simple past and past participle recorded)
(transitive) To make a record of information.
(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
(transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
• (make a record of information): erase
• (make an audio or video recording of): erase
• Corder
Record (plural Records)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Record is the 9262nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3515 individuals. Record is most common among White (86.26%) individuals.
• Corder
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cord" (r*krd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Recording.] Etym: [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.]
1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] "I it you record." Chaucer.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. Fairfax.
3. 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. Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. 1 Esd. i. 42. To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
Re*cord", v. i.
1. To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.] Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read. Fuller.
2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak. Whether the birds or she recorded best. W. Browne.
Rec"ord (rk"rd), n. Etym: [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.]
1. A writing by which same 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.
2. Especially: (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. (d) 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.
3. Testimony; witness; attestation. John bare record, saying. John i. 32 .
4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
5. 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.
6. 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. Court of record (pron. rin Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial.
– Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance.
– Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone.
– To beat, or break, the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; âmy left handâ; âleft center fieldâ; âthe left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstreamâ
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
