record

¹re·cord

verb \ri-ˈkȯrd\

Definition of RECORD

transitive verb

1

a (1) : to set down in writing : furnish written evidence of (2) : to deposit an authentic official copy of <record a deed>

b : to state for or as if for the record <voted in favor but recorded certain reservations>

c (1) : to register permanently by mechanical means <earthquake shocks recorded by a seismograph> (2) : indicate, read <the thermometer recorded 90°>

2

: to give evidence of

3

: to cause (as sound, visual images, or data) to be registered on something (as a disc or magnetic tape) in reproducible form

intransitive verb

: to record something

— re·cord·able \-ˈkȯr-də-bəl\ adjective

Examples of RECORD

1. Be sure to record all your business expenditures.
2. There are similar events all throughout recorded history.
3. The thermometer recorded 40 degrees below zero.
4. A seismograph is a device that measures and records the intensity of earthquakes.
5. Please record the television program for me.
6. He recorded the birthday party with his new video camera.
7. He just recorded his latest album.
8. The show is recorded in front of a live audience.
9. The band spent all night recording.

Origin of RECORD

Middle English, literally, to recall, from Anglo-French recorder, from Latin recordari, from re- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to RECORD

Synonyms

jot (down), log, mark, note, put down, register, report, set down, take down, write down

Related Words

chronicle, minute, transcribe; enregister, enter, inscribe; chalk (up), notch, score

Near Antonyms

delete

Rhymes with RECORD

aboard, accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard

²rec·ord

noun \ˈre-kərd also -ˌkȯrd\

Definition of RECORD

1

: the state or fact of being recorded

2

: something that records: as

a : something that recalls or relates past events

b : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer

c : an authentic official copy of a document deposited with a legally designated officer

d : the official copy of the papers used in a law case

3

a (1) : a body of known or recorded facts about something or someone especially with reference to a particular sphere of activity that often forms a discernible pattern <a good academic record> <a liberal voting record> (2) : a collection of related items of information (as in a database) treated as a unit

b (1) : an attested top performance (2) : an unsurpassed statistic

4

: something on which sound or visual images have been recorded; specifically : a disc with a spiral groove carrying recorded sound for phonograph reproduction

— for the record

: for public knowledge : on the record

— off the record

: not for publication <spoke off the record> <remarks that were off the record>

— of record

1

: being documented or attested <a partner of record in several firms>

2

: being authoritative or sanctioned <a newspaper of record>

— on record

1

: in the position of having publicly declared oneself <went on record as opposed to higher taxes>

2

: being known, published, or documented <the judge's opinion is on record>

— on the record

: for publication

First Known Use of RECORD

14th century

³record

adjective \same as ²\

Definition of RECORD

: of, relating to, or being one that is extraordinary among or surpasses others of its kind

First Known Use of RECORD

1884

⁴re·cord

noun \ri-ˈkȯrd\

Definition of RECORD

: a function of an electronic device that causes it to record

First Known Use of RECORD

1946

Other Audio Recording Terms

baffle, dub, fidelity, transcription, treble