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- 1 Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic. attributive, not-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 A surname.
- 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."
- 2 the sum of recognized accomplishments wordnet
- 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 an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) wordnet
- 5 Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"I still like records better than CDs."
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- 6 sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove wordnet
- 7 A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
"Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?"
- 8 a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted wordnet
- 9 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.
"This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…]"
- 10 a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone wordnet
- 11 The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
"The heat and humidity were both new records."
- 12 anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events wordnet
- 13 a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction wordnet
- 14 the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had wordnet
- 1 To make a record of information. transitive
"I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations."
- 2 indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments wordnet
- 3 To make an audio or video recording of. transitive
"Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it."
- 4 register electronically wordnet
- 5 To give legal status to by making an official public record. transitive
"When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house."
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- 6 make a record of; set down in permanent form wordnet
- 7 To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium. intransitive
- 8 be aware of wordnet
- 9 To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording. intransitive
- 10 To repeat; to practice. intransitive, obsolete, transitive
- 11 To sing or repeat a tune. ambitransitive, obsolete
"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."
- 12 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."
Etymology
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).
From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).
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