RECORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does record mean? 

• RECORD (noun)
  The noun RECORD has 8 senses:

1. anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

2. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

3. the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

4. the sum of recognized accomplishments

5. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

6. an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

7. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

8. a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

  Familiarity information: RECORD used as a noun is common.

• RECORD (verb)
  The verb RECORD has 4 senses:

1. make a record of; set down in permanent form

2. register electronically

3. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

4. be aware of

  Familiarity information: RECORD used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):

written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)

memorabilia (a record of things worth remembering)

check stub; counterfoil; stub (the part of a check that is retained as a record)

data file; file (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)

account; chronicle; history; story (a record or narrative description of past events)

working papers (records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project)

Derivation:

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

audio; audio recording; sound recording (a recording of acoustic signals)

Meronyms (parts of "record"):

acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):

78; seventy-eight (a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute)

L-P; LP (a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm)

Derivation:

record (register electronically)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

at 9-0 they have the best record in their league

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The sum of recognized accomplishments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

record; track record

Context example:

the track record shows that he will be a good president

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

book; record; record book

Context example:

his name is in all the record books

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

fact (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):

logbook (a book in which the log is written)

won-lost record ((sports) a record of win versus losses)

card; scorecard ((golf) a record of scores (as in golf))

Sense 6

Meaning:

An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

Chicago set the homicide record

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

attainment (the act of achieving an aim)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):

world record (the best record in the whole world)

track record (the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

they could find no record of the purchase

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

document (a written account of ownership or obligation)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):

expense record (a written record of money spent)

checkbook; chequebook (a book issued to holders of checking accounts)

bankbook; passbook (a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks)

register (a book in which names and transactions are listed)

payslip (a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out)

account book; book; book of account; ledger; leger (a record in which commercial accounts are recorded)

balance sheet (a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets)

Derivation:

record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

criminal record; record

Context example:

the prostitute had a record a mile long

Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

• RECORD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they record ... he / she / it records
Past simple: recorded   
Past participle: recorded   
-ing form: recording   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a record of; set down in permanent form

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

enter; put down; record

Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):

preserve; save (to keep up and reserve for personal or special use)

Domain category:

recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):

book (record a charge in a police register)

register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)

film (record in film)

keep; maintain (maintain by writing regular records)

notch (notch a surface to record something)

mark; score (make underscoring marks)

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

tape; videotape (record on videotape)

film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)

clock up; log up (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars)

log (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)

document (record in detail)

file; file away (place in a container for keeping records)

chronicle (record in chronological order; make a historical record)

inscribe (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)

manifest (record in a ship's manifest)

ring up (to perform and record a sale on a cash register)

post (display, as of records in sports games)

accession (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library)

record; tape (register electronically)

clock in; clock on; punch in (register one's arrival at work)

chalk up; tally (keep score, as in games)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

record (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events)

record (a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction)

recorder (equipment for making records)

recorder (someone responsible for keeping records)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Register electronically

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

record; tape

Context example:

They recorded her singing

Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):

cut (make a recording of)

cut (record a performance on (a medium))

prerecord (record before presentation, as of a broadcast)

save; write (record data on a computer)

tape record (record with a tape recorder)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They will record the duet

Antonym:

erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)

Derivation:

record (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)

recorder (equipment for making records)

recording (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

read; record; register; show

Context example:

The gauge read 'empty'

Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):

indicate (to state or express briefly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):

say (indicate)

show (give evidence of, as of records)

strike (indicate (a certain time) by striking)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be aware of

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

record; register

Context example:

Did you register any change when I pressed the button?

"Record" entails doing...:

comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)

Verb group:

register (enter into someone's consciousness)

register (show in one's face)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to organ measurement.

(Organ Measurement Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Many ICDs also record the heart's electrical patterns when there is an abnormal heartbeat.

(Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators, NIH)

And so now, up to this very hour, all the records we have are complete and in order.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to nonclinical pregnancy results.

(Nonclinical Pregnancy Results Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

That is your record in this business, Mr. Abe Slaney, and you will answer for it to the law.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to the analysis of a dataset.

(Analysis Dataset Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

There were no signs of violence, no footmarks, no robbery, no record of strangers having been seen upon the roads.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A record of information about a person’s health.

(Medical history, NCI Dictionary)

This tied with 1990 as the second highest for March in the 1880–2015 record.

(March 2015 and first quarter of year warmest on record, NOAA)

The most clinically favorable response recorded from the start of the study treatment until the end of treatment.

(Best Overall Response, NCI Thesaurus)