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| 1. | [ verb ] make a record of; set down in permanent form | |
| Synonyms: | enter put_down | |
| Related terms: | save preserve film photograph register keep document score log tally file post book clock_in ring_up chronicle manifest notch film accession log_up inscribe videotape recording recorder registrar | |
| 2. | [ noun ] anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events | |
| Examples: | "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" |
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| Related terms: | evidence history file memorabilia stub written_record working_papers photography | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (computer science,music) sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves | |
| Synonyms: | disc phonograph_record platter disk phonograph_recording | |
| Related terms: | sound_recording LP acetate_disk | |
| 4. | [ verb ] register electronically | |
| Synonyms: | tape | |
| Examples: | "They recorded her singing" |
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| Related terms: | erase write digitalize tape_record cut prerecord cut cut phonograph_record recording tape recorder | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had | |
| Examples: | "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" |
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| Related terms: | number | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the sum of recognized accomplishments | |
| Synonyms: | track_record | |
| Examples: | "the lawyer has a good record" "the track record shows that he will be a good president" |
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| Related terms: | accomplishment | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] best of its kind on record | |
| Examples: | "in record time" |
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| Related terms: | best | |
| 8. | [ verb ] indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | |
| Synonyms: | show read register | |
| Examples: | "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero" "The gauge read `empty'" |
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| Related terms: | indicate show strike say adjustment | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (sport) an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) | |
| Examples: | "he tied the Olympic record" "coffee production last year broke all previous records" "Chicago set the homicide record" |
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| Related terms: | attainment world_record track_record | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | |
| Synonyms: | book recordbook record_book | |
| Examples: | "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'" "his name is in all the recordbooks" |
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| Related terms: | fact won-lost_record card logbook | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (accounting) a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction | |
| Examples: | "they could find no record of the purchase" |
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| Related terms: | document ledger checkbook balance_sheet bankbook expense_record register payslip law | |
| 12. | [ verb ] be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | |
| Synonyms: | memorialize immortalize memorialise immortalise commemorate | |
| Examples: | "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps" "We memorialized the Dead" |
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| Related terms: | remind monumentalize memorial | |
| 13. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10031 | |
| 14. | [ verb ] be aware of | |
| Synonyms: | register | |
| Examples: | "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" |
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| Related terms: | register register perceive | |
| 15. | [ noun ] a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted | |
| Synonyms: | criminal_record | |
| Examples: | "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court" "the prostitute had a record a mile long" |
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| Related terms: | list | |
| Similar spelling: |
recorder recorded recording Reichard Reichardt regard regarding regardful regardant regard_to regard_as re-create resort |
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