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Words with a similar base: criminal_record, phonograph_record, phonograph_recording, record, record_book, track_record

'record'

[record.n.01] as in: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

Examples:
the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques

'record'

[phonograph_record.n.01] as in: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

'record'

[record.n.03] as in: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

Examples:
at 9-0 they have the best record in their league

'record'

[record.n.04] as in: the sum of recognized accomplishments

Examples:
the lawyer has a good record
the track record shows that he will be a good president

'record'

[record.n.05] as in: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

Examples:
Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'
his name is in all the record books

'record'

[record.n.06] as in: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

Examples:
he tied the Olympic record
coffee production last year broke all previous records
Chicago set the homicide record

'record'

[record.n.07] as in: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

Examples:
they could find no record of the purchase

'record'

[criminal_record.n.01] as in: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

Examples:
he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court
the prostitute had a record a mile long

'record'

[record.v.01] as in: make a record of; set down in permanent form

'record'

[record.v.02] as in: register electronically

Examples:
They recorded her singing

'record'

[read.v.08] as in: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Examples:
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'

'record'

[record.v.04] as in: be aware of

Examples:
Did you register any change when I pressed the button?

'record'

[commemorate.v.03] as in: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

Examples:
This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
We memorialized the Dead

Origins

					record (English)
├── record (French)
└── recorden (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── record (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── recorder (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            ├── recordari (Latin)
            └── recordor (Latin)