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

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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