Meaning & Definition of Record in English

1. 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"

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

• "At 9-0 they have the best record in their league"

4. The sum of recognized accomplishments

• "The lawyer has a good record"

• "The track record shows that he will be a good president"

5. 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"

6. 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"

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

• "They could find no record of the purchase"

8. 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"

1. Make a record of

• Set down in permanent form

2. Register electronically

• "They recorded her singing"

3. Indicate a certain reading

• Of gauges and instruments

• "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"

• "The gauge read `empty'"

4. Be aware of

• "Did you register any change when i pressed the button?"

5. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

• "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"

• "We memorialized the dead"