Definition of records Records
/ɹʌkɔˈɹdz/ - [rukordz] -
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Wiktionary 
- records (Noun)
Plural of record.
Part of speech
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| record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" | ||
| evidence your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" | ||
| picture taking, photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | ||
| written account, written record a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events | ||
| memorabilia a record of things worth remembering | ||
| check stub, counterfoil, stub the part of a check that is retained as a record | ||
| data file, file a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal | ||
| chronicle, history, story, account the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" | ||
| record - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" | ||
| document anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| balance sheet a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets | ||
| expense record a written record of money spent | ||
| account book, book of account, ledger, leger, book a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" | ||
| payslip a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out | ||
| register a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device | ||
| bankbook, passbook a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | ||
| record - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" | ||
| record book, book | ||
| fact a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" | ||
| logbook a book in which the log is written | ||
| won-lost record (sports) a record of win versus losses | ||
| record - an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record" | ||
| attainment arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition" | ||
| track record the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack; "the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is 2 minutes 24 seconds held by Secretariat since 1973" | ||
| record - the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" | ||
| track record | ||
| record - the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" | ||
| record - sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | ||
| phonograph record, phonograph recording, disk, disc, platter | ||
| audio recording, sound recording, audio a recording of acoustic signals | ||
| acetate disk, phonograph recording disk a disk coated with cellulose acetate | ||
| l-p, lp a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm | ||
| record - a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" | ||
| criminal record | ||
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| record - make a record of; set down in permanent form | ||
| enter, put down | ||
| preserve, save prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" | ||
| recording, transcription the act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" | ||
| chalk up, tally accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" | ||
| clock in, clock on, punch in register one's arrival at work | ||
| tape, record fasten or attach with tape; "tape the shipping label to the box" | ||
| accession make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | ||
| post publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board" | ||
| ring up to perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes" | ||
| manifest reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day" | ||
| inscribe address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication | ||
| chronicle record in chronological order; make a historical record | ||
| file away, file place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please" | ||
| document support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?" | ||
| log enter into a log, as on ships and planes | ||
| clock up, log up record a distance travelled; on planes and cars | ||
| film, shoot, take make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" | ||
| videotape, tape record on videotape | ||
| photograph, snap, shoot record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" | ||
| score, mark make underscoring marks | ||
| notch notch a surface to record something | ||
| maintain, keep state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" | ||
| film make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" | ||
| register enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" | ||
| book engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" | ||
| record - register electronically; "They recorded her singing" | ||
| tape | ||
| delete, erase remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" | ||
| record, put down, enter register electronically; "They recorded her singing" | ||
| write, save communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" | ||
| tape record record with a tape recorder | ||
| prerecord record before presentation, as of a broadcast | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| record - be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" | ||
| register | ||
| register enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" | ||
| perceive, comprehend become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest" | ||
| register enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" | ||
| record - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" | ||
| read, register, show | ||
| indicate indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" | ||
| say indicate; "The clock says noon" | ||
| show give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening" | ||
| strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" | ||
| record - be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" | ||
| commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise | ||
| remind put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother" | ||
| monumentalise, monumentalize record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | ||
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Wiktionary
- record (Noun)
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. - record (Noun)
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. - record (Noun)
A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph. - record (Noun)
A set of data relating to a single individual or item. - record (Noun)
The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events. - record (Verb)
To make a record of information. - record (Verb)
Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of. - record (Verb)
To give legal status to by making an official public record. - record (Verb)
To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. - record (Verb)
To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. - record (Verb)
To repeat; to practice.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- record (v. t.)
To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. - record (v. t.)
To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. - record (v. t.)
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. - record (v. i.)
To reflect; to ponder. - record (v. i.)
To sing or repeat a tune. - record (v. t.)
A writing by which some 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. - record (v. t.)
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. - record (v. t.)
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. - record (v. t.)
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. - record (v. t.)
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. - record (v. t.)
Testimony; witness; attestation. - record (v. t.)
That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial. - record (v. t.)
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. - record (v. t.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Information stored on any type of media (paper, on a server, data in a program, microfilm, on a hard drive, etc.) with the intent to preserve the official business of the organization. -
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Deposit of a document in an office or a public authority in order to have it registered (or acknowledged). -
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A set of data relating to a single individual or item. -
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The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events. -
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To make a record of information. -
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To insert and to record data in an electronic computer in permanent form. -
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To make an audio or video recording of. -
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The information about a single ‘member’ of a table in a database.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rē-kord′, v.t. to write anything formally, to preserve evidence of it: to bear witness to: to register or enrol: to celebrate.—adj. Record′able, able to be recorded, worthy of record.—ns. Recordā′tion (Shak.), remembrance; Record′er, one who records or registers, esp. the rolls, &c., of a city: a judge of a city or borough court of quarter-sessions: an old musical instrument somewhat like a flageolet, but with the lower part wider than the upper, and a mouthpiece resembling the beak of a bird: a registering apparatus in telegraphy; Record′ership, the office of recorder, or the time of holding it. [O. Fr. recorder—L. recordāre, to call to mind—re-, again, cor, cordis, the heart.] -
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rek′ord, n. a register: a formal writing of any fact or proceeding: a book of such writings: a witness, a memorial: memory, remembrance: anything entered in the rolls of a court, esp. the formal statements or pleadings of parties in a litigation.—n. Rec′ord-off′ice, a place where public records are kept.—Beat, or Break, the record, to outdo the highest achievement yet done; Close the record, an act of a Scottish judge after each party has said all he wishes to say by way of statement and answer; Public records, contemporary authenticated statements of the proceedings of the legislature, and the judgments of those higher courts of law known as Courts of Record; Trial by record, a common law mode of trial when a disputed former decision of the court is settled by producing the record
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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To preserve by committing to writing; to make official note of; as, to record the proceedings of a court. -
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An authentic copy; a statement of the proceedings of a court or board; a written history; an official account or register.
