verb 1. to report something or to make a note ○ First, I have to record the sales, then I’ll post the parcels. 2. to fix sounds or images on a film or tape ○ The police recorded the whole conversation on a hidden tape-recorder. ○ This song has been badly recorded. 3. to show a level on an instrument ○ Strong winds were recorded during the night.
noun 1. a success in sport which is better than any other ○ She holds the world record for the 100 metres. ○ He broke the world record or he set up a new world record at the last Olympics. ○ The college team is trying to set a new record for eating tins of beans. □ at record speed, in record time very fast ○ He finished the book in record time. 2. a success which is better than anything before ○ Last year was a record year for our shop. ○ Sales last year equalled our previous record. □ we broke our record for June we sold more than we have ever sold before in June 3. written evidence of something which has happened ○ We have no record of the sale. □ for the record, to keep the record straight so as to note something which has been done ○ For the record, we will not deal with this company again. □ he is on record as saying he is accurately reported as saying □ off the record in private and not to be made public ○ She spoke off the record about her marriage. 4. a description of what someone has done in the past ○ He has a record of dishonest dealings. 5. a flat round piece of usually black plastic on which sound is stored ○ She bought me an old Elvis Presley record for Christmas. ○ Burglars broke into his flat and stole his record collection.
re•cord´
(r?•k?rd´), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Recording.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See Cordial, Heart.]
1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] ´I it you record.´ Chaucer.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] “They longed to see the day, to hear the lark
Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.” Fairfax.
3. 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. “Those things that are recorded of him … are written in the chronicles of the kings.” 1 Esd. i. 42. To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] ´I it you record.´ Chaucer.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] “They longed to see the day, to hear the lark
Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.” Fairfax.
3. 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. “Those things that are recorded of him … are written in the chronicles of the kings.” 1 Esd. i. 42. To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
re•cord´
v. i. 1. To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.] “Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.” Fuller.
2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak. “Whether the birds or she recorded best.” W. Browne.
2. To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] Shak. “Whether the birds or she recorded best.” W. Browne.
rec´ord
(rek´erd), n. [OF. recort, record, remembrance, attestation, record. See Record, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. Especially: (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. (d) 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.
3. Testimony; witness; attestation. “John bare record, saying.” John i. 32.
4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
5. 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.
6. 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. Court of record (pron. r•krd´ in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. — Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. — Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone. — To beat, or break, the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as to break the record in a walking match.
1. 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.
2. Especially: (a) 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. (b) 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. (c) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record. (d) 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.
3. Testimony; witness; attestation. “John bare record, saying.” John i. 32.
4. That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
5. 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.
6. 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. Court of record (pron. r•krd´ in Eng.), a court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial. — Debt of record, a debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance. — Trial by record, a trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. Blackstone. — To beat, or break, the record (Sporting), to surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as to break the record in a walking match.
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