report
Meaning
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- To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (obsolete) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
- To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
- To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- 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).
- 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.
- (obsolete) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Synonyms
declare
give an account
give a report
carry-over
denounce
written report
go and tell
send a message
special edition
give an account of
make a report
news report
pass along
ravel out
scholarly report
school report
statement of facts
address
tell story
provide information
tell over
accuse secretly
all about
give information
lecture on
make clear
negociate
present oneself
puzzle over
report to
tell about
news story
filing a return
file notice
to speak to royalty
written record
harrate
render an account
expert report
proces-verbal
general affidavit
news,
rumour news
celebrity
common talk
declare oneself
deliver to
disclose
elucidate
expert opinion
give notice of
take a case
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɪˈpɔːt/
Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.
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