record

re•cord

v. [[t]rɪˈkɔrd[/t]] n., adj. [[t]ˈrɛk ərd[/t]] v. t.

1) to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence

2) to cause to be set down or registered:

to record one's vote[/ex]

3) to state or indicate, so as to be noted

4) to serve to tell of:

The diary records two secret meetings[/ex]

5) hfi to set down, register, or fix by characteristic marks, incisions, magnetism, etc., for the purpose of reproduction by a phonograph or magnetic reproducer

6) hfi to make a recording of

7) to record something; make a record

8) an account in writing or the like preserving the memory or knowledge of facts or events

9) information or knowledge preserved in writing or the like

10) a report, list, or aggregate of actions or achievements:

a fine sailing record[/ex]

11) cvb a legally documented history of criminal activity:

All the suspects had records[/ex]

12) something or someone serving as a remembrance; memorial

13) hfi rtv rtv something on which sound or images have been recorded for subsequent reproduction, as a grooved disk that is played on a phonograph or an optical disc for recording sound or images; recording

Compare compact disc

14) spo the standing of a team or individual with respect to contests won, lost, and tied

15) cmp a group of related fields treated as a unit in a database

16) law an official written report of proceedings of a court of justice

17) making or affording a record

18) surpassing or superior to all others:

a record year for sales[/ex]

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- for the record off the record on record

rec•ord rec•ord Etymology: 1175–1225; (v.) < OF recorder < L recordārī to remember, recollect =re- re-+-cordārī, v. der. of cors, s. cord- heart; (n.) ME record(e) < OF, der. of recorder; cf. ML recordum