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say it: ruh-KAWRD
record is a noun and verb meaning "anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events". It carries 12 recorded senses.
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
“the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques”
photography
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
“at 9-0 they have the best record in their league”
the sum of recognized accomplishments
“the lawyer has a good record”
“the track record shows that he will be a good president”
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
“Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'”
“his name is in all the record books”
an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
“he tied the Olympic record”
“coffee production last year broke all previous records”
“Chicago set the homicide record”
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
“they could find no record of the purchase”
law
a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
“he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court”
“the prostitute had a record a mile long”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for record come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.