record

Noun

1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
4. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
5. A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

Adj

Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a record of information.
2. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
3. (transitive) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
4. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
5. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
6. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To repeat; to practice.
7. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
8. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: recorde

Inherited from Middle English: recorden

In summary

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).

Synonyms

register

write down

note

document

enter

list

disc

tape

chronicle

account

enroll

disk

inscribe

report

copy

history

recording

write

✍️

book

📖

minutes

show

dial

catalogue

memo

📝

deed

mark

data

criminal record

account book

file

log

note down

dossier

statement

mention

minute

tape-record

story

case

memorandum

take down

read

📖

film

📽️

phonograph recording

evidence

item

put down

annals

entry

phonograph record

Translations

enregistrer

record

grabar

disque

registrare

enregistrement

registrazione

disco

Schallplatte

record

inscrire

registrar

registro

aufzeichnen

Rekord

Sentences

This was a record price for a Kooning piece sold at auction .

Most of Lou Reed's band joined Cooper for this record .