From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder.

• (RP) enPR: rĕkʹôrd, IPA: /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
• (General American) enPR: rĕkʹərd, rĕkʹôrd, IPA: /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/, /ˈɹɛk.ɔɹd/

record (plural records)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

   Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?

5. (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

6. 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)

1. (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").

• (RP) IPA: /ɹɨˈkɔːd/
• (America) enPR: rĭ-kôrdʹ, IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/

record (records, present participle recording; simple past and past participle recorded)

1. (transitive) To make a record of information.

   I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

2. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.

   Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

3. (transitive, legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

   When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.

4. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
5. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
6. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
7. (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 […]

8. (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

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