Record

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rec + ord (note that the hyphenation of the noun differs from the verb)
• RP enPR: rÄ•'kôd, IPA: /ˈɹɛ.kɔːd/
• US enPR: rÄ•'kÉ™rd, IPA: /ˈɹɛ.kÉšd/

From Middle English recorden ("to repeat, to report"), from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).

Full definition of record

Noun

1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
• 2012, John T. Jost, Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?, He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
2. 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.
3. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.We have no record of you making this payment to us.
4. A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.I still like records better than CDs.
5. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
6. The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.The heat and humidity were both new records.The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Synonyms

• log
• (information put into a lasting physical medium)
• (vinyl disk) disc/disk
• (most extreme known value)

Derived terms

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: rÄ­'kôd, IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔːd/ or enPR: rÉ™'kôd, IPA: /rəˈkɔːd/
• US enPR: rÉ™'kôrd, IPA: /ɹə.ˈkɔɹd/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: re + cord

From Middle English recorden ("to repeat, to report"), from Old French recorder ("to get by heart"), from Latin recordārī, present active infinitive of recordor ("remember, call to mind"), from re- ("back, again") + cor ("heart; mind").

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a record of information.I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
• 2012, September 7, Phil McNulty, Moldova 0-5 England, The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.
2. (transitive) Specifically, 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.
• W. Brownewhether the birds or she recorded best
• FairfaxThey longed to see the day, to hear the lark
  Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
8. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
• FullerPraying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.

Derived terms

• recorder
• recording