report

re•port

[[t]rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt[/t]] n.

1) a detailed account of an event, situation, etc., usu. based on observation or inquiry

2) a statement or announcement

3) a widely circulated item of news; rumor; gossip

4) an account of a speech, meeting, etc., esp. for publication

5) a loud noise, as from an explosion

6) a statement of a student's grades or academic standing

7) law a statement of a judicial opinion or decision

8) repute; reputation

9) to carry and repeat, as an answer or message

10) to relate, as the results of one's observation or investigation

11) to give a formal account or statement of:

to report a deficit[/ex]

12) gov (of a committee) to return (a bill) to a legislative body with findings and recommendations

13) to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior

14) to make known the presence, absence, condition, etc., of:

to report an aircraft missing[/ex]

15) to write an account of, as for publication in a newspaper

16) to relate; tell

17) to make a report of something observed

18) to work as a reporter, as for a newspaper

19) to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority:

to report sick[/ex]

20) to present oneself as ordered:

to report for duty[/ex]

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Etymology: 1325–75; (v.) < MF reporter, OF < L reportāre to carry or bring back =re- re-+portāre to carry; (n.) ME < MF, der. of reporter re•port′a•ble, adj.