Report

From Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin reportÄre, from re- + portÄre.

Full definition of report

(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). from 15th c.

2013-01-01, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight, Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported ... that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.

(transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). from 15th c.
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. 15th-18th c.

1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:â€˜I was never purposed to do such evyll dedes, and that I reporte me unto God.â€™

(transitive) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. from 15th c.For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
(transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). from 19th c.If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
(intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. from 19th c.
(ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. from 19th c.Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.Every newspaper reported the war.
(intransitive) To be accountable.The financial director reports to the CEO.
(politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(obsolete) To refer.

FullerBaldwin, his son, ... succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.

Francis Bacona church with windows only form above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times

(plural reports)

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject.A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.

2011, December 16, Denis Campbell, Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients', Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.

1851, Herman Melville, ,While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, ...a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.