record

1. 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. 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.

   • We have no record of you making this payment to us.
   • My remarks were struck from the record.
3. 3

   Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

   • I still like records better than CDs.
4. 4

   Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).; A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.broadlyinformal

5. 5

   A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

   • Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
6. 6

   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.

   • The new record type provides another solution. A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations.
   • A record is a special kind of class that's designed to work well with immutable (readonly) data.
7. 7

   The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

   • The heat and humidity were both new records.
   • Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.

1. 1

   Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.attributivenot-comparable

   • "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."

1. 1

   To make a record of information.transitive

   • I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
2. 2

   To make an audio or video recording of.transitive

   • Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
3. 3

   To give legal status to by making an official public record.transitive

   • When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
4. 4

   To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.intransitive

5. 5

   To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.intransitive

6. 6

   To repeat; to practice.intransitiveobsoletetransitive

7. 7

   To sing or repeat a tune.ambitransitiveobsolete

   • 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.
8. 8

   To reflect; to ponder.obsolete

   • […] 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.

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