record
see also: Record
Etymology 1
Record
Proper noun
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see also: Record
Etymology 1
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder.
Pronunciation- (RP) enPR: rĕkʹôrd, IPA: /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
- (General American) enPR: rĕkʹərd, rĕkʹôrd, IPA: /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/, /ˈɹɛk.ɔɹd/
record (plural records)
- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
- The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
- The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
- Synonyms: log
- We have no record of you making this payment to us.
- Ellipsis of phonograph record a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
- Synonyms: disc, phonograph record, vinyl
- I still like records better than CDs.
- (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
- Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
- (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C# and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- Coordinate terms: struct, enumeration
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
- The heat and humidity were both new records.
- The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
- French: enregistrement
- German: Aufzeichnung, Aufnahme
- Italian: registrazione, record
- Portuguese: registro (Brazil), registo (Portugal)
- Russian: за́пись
- French: disque
- German: Schallplatte
- Italian: disco
- Portuguese: vinil
- Russian: пласти́нка
- Spanish: vinilo, disco de vinilo
- French: enregistrement
- German: Datensatz
- Portuguese: registro (Brazil), registo (Portugal)
- Russian: за́пись
- Spanish: registro
- French: record
- German: Rekord, Höchstleistung, Bestleistung
- Italian: primato, record
- Portuguese: recorde
- Russian: реко́рд
- Spanish: récord, plusmarca
record (not comparable)
- (attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
- Synonyms: record-breaking, record-setting
- 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
- "But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have a room of your own and I shall have to share a bedroom with that record stinker, Eustace."
- French: record
- Portuguese: recorde
- Russian: реко́рдный
From Middle English recorden, borrowed from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī, present active infinitive of recordor ("remember, call to mind"), from re- ("back, again") + cor ("heart; mind").
Pronunciation Verbrecord (records, present participle recording; simple past and past participle recorded)
- (transitive) To make a record of information.
- I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
- (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
- Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
- (transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
- When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
- (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
- (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
- (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives' Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 741-742,
- Come Berecynthia, let vs in likewise,
- And heare the Nightingale record hir notes.
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, Prologue] ↗:
- […] to the lute
She sung, and made the night-bird mute,
That still records with moan;
- 1616, William Browne, Britannia’s Pastorals, London: John Haviland, published 1625, Book 2, Song 4, p. 129:
- […] the Nymph did earnestly contest
Whether the Birds or she recorded best […]
- 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives' Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 741-742,
- (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section 3”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC ↗, book, page 204 ↗:
- […] he was […] carried to the Scaffold on the Tower-hill […] , himself praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
- (antonym(s) of “make a record of information”): erase
- (antonym(s) of “make an audio or video recording of”): erase
- French: enregistrer
- German: eintragen, protokollieren, aufzeichnen
- Italian: registrare
- Portuguese: registrar
- Russian: запи́сывать
- Spanish: registrar, anotar
- French: enregistrer
- German: aufzeichnen, aufnehmen
- Italian: registrare
- Portuguese: gravar
- Russian: запи́сывать
- Spanish: grabar
- German: aufzeichnen
- Portuguese: gravar
- Spanish: grabar
Record
Proper noun
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