report

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
2. (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
3. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
4. (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
5. (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
6. (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
7. (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
8. (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).
9. (dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
10. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
11. (obsolete) To refer.
12. (ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
13. Of a ship, to return to a port.

Noun

1. 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).
2. Reputation.
3. The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
4. An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.

Synonyms

inform

account

tell

announce

information

news

📰

rumour

message

notify

communicate

statement

notification

declare

story

give an account

notice

noise

tidings

sound

🔉

fame

rumor

announcement

state

narrate

reputation

convey

article

acquaint

say

🗣️

communication

record

relate

apprise

bulletin

describe

study

hearsay

voice

proposal

paper

minutes

write up

description

report card

renown

give a report

lecture

make known

proclaim

proposition

Translations

rapport

Bericht

informe

rapporter

informar

informer

rapporto

relazione

berichten

bildirmek

riferire

annoncer

berichten

melden

melden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈpɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reporten

In summary

From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.

Sentences

After writing a bug report , one should regularly check if someone responded .

After the Grenier report was released , he resigned his position .