record

See also: Record, récord, and rècord

record - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rĕkʹôrd, IPA: /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/
  • Hyphenation: rec‧ord

Noun

record (plural records)

  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.
    • The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
  2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
    • Synonym: log
    • We have no record of you making this payment to us.
  3. Ellipsis of phonograph record.: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
  4. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
    • Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
  5. (programming) 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.
  6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
    • The heat and humidity were both new records.
    • The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

  • Finnish: tietue (fi) (if distinct from structs, the latter are called arvoluokka)

Adjective

record (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; extreme.

Translations


Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɨˈkɔːd/
  • (General American) enPR: rĭ-kôrdʹ, IPA: /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/
  • Hyphenation: re‧cord

Verb

record (third-person singular simple present records, present participle recording, simple past and past participle recorded)

  1. (transitive) To make a record of information.
    • I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
  2. (transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
    • Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
  3. (transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
    • When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
  4. (intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
  5. (intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
  6. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
  7. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
  8. (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

Antonyms

  • (make a record of information): erase
  • (make an audio or video recording of): erase

Derived terms

Translations

  • Bulgarian: регистрирам (bg) (registriram)
  • Danish: bevidne, markere
  • Finnish: rekisteröidä (fi)
  • Hungarian: bejegyez (hu), nyilvántartásba vesz (hu)

Anagrams

record - Catalan

Noun

record m (plural records)

  1. memory, recollection of events
  2. souvenir

record - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /rəˈkoːr/
  • Hyphenation: re‧cord

Noun

record n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

  1. A record, a best achievement.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rekor
  • Papiamentu: rekòr

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛ.kɔrt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧cord

Noun

record m or n (plural records, diminutive recordje n)

  1. A record, something recorded on an electronic storage medium.
  2. A data point in a database.
  3. A vinyl record.

record - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʁə.kɔʁ/

Noun

record m (plural records)

  1. record (most extreme known value of some achievement)
    • Le record du saut en hauteur a été battu par Javier Sotomayor en 1993.
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Adjective

record (invariable) (attributive)

  1. record, record-breaking, record-setting
  2. extreme
    • Le Pakistan connaît, depuis la fin d’avril, une vague de chaleur record.
      • (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Anagrams

record - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛ.kord/
  • Hyphenation: rè‧cord

Noun

record m (invariable)

  1. record (sporting achievement; computer data element)

record - Portuguese

Noun

record m (plural records)

  1. Alternative form of recorde

Adjective

record (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of recorde

record - Romanian

Noun

record n (plural recorduri)

  1. record (achievement)

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) record recordul (niște) recorduri recordurile
genitive/dative (unui) record recordului (unor) recorduri recordurilor
vocative recordule recordurilor

record - Spanish

Noun

record m (plural records)

  1. Misspelling of récord.
  2. record

record - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈrɛkɔrd/

Noun

record f (plural recordiau, not mutable)

  1. record

Derived terms

  • record byd (world record)
  • recordio (to record)
  • recordiad (recording)
Meaning and Definition of record
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