record.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
Meaning & usage
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.
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
We have no record of you making this payment to us.
My remarks were struck from the record.
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
I still like records better than CDs.
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
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.
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
To make a record of information.
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
To repeat; to practice.
To sing or repeat a tune.
To reflect; to ponder.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.