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REPORT
reputation, report
(noun) the general estimation that the public has for a person; “he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing”; “he was a person of bad report”
composition, paper, report, theme
(noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment); “he got an A on his composition”
report, news report, story, account, write up
(noun) a short account of the news; “the report of his speech”; “the story was on the 11 o’clock news”; “the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious”
report, account
(noun) the act of informing by verbal report; “he heard reports that they were causing trouble”; “by all accounts they were a happy couple”
report, study, written report
(noun) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; “this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale”
report
(noun) a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); “they heard a violent report followed by silence”
report, describe, account
(verb) to give an account or representation of in words; “Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental”
report
(verb) make known to the authorities; “One student reported the other to the principal”
report
(verb) complain about; make a charge against; “I reported her to the supervisor”
report
(verb) announce one’s presence; “I report to work every day at 9 o’clock”
report
(verb) announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding; “Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city”; “The team reported significant advances in their research”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15thc.]
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th-18thc.]
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15thc.]
(transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19thc.]
(intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19thc.]
(ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19thc.]
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
(politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(obsolete) To refer.
(ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Noun
report (plural reports)
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
Reputation.
(firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
Synonym: subordinate
Anagrams
• Perrot, Porter, perrot, porret, porter, pretor, proter, troper
Source: Wiktionary
Re*port" (r-prt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] Etym: [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.]
1. To refer. [Obs.] Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description. Fuller.
2. 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. There is no man that may reporten all. Chaucer.
3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. Shak. It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. Neh. vi. 6.
4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reperts the recepts and expenditures.
5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] "A church with windowss only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times." Bacon.
6. (Parliamentary Practice)
Definition: 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.
7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer. To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2.
– To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.
Syn.
– To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.
Re*port" (r-prt"), v. i.
1. 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.
2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
3. 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.
Re*port" (r-prt"), n. Etym: [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]
1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller. (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation. It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 1 Kings x. 6. Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews. Acts x. 22.
(c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) 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. (e) 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. (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.] The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to. Evelyn.
Syn.
– Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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