From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
Meanings
(attributive, not-comparable) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
"But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have a room of your own and I shall have to share a bedroom with that record stinker, Eustace." 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.
Meanings
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
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.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
He's the record doctor / Tell him your woes / He'll reach in his bag / And he'll give you a dose 2012, “Record Doctor”, performed by Saint Etienne:
I still like records better than CDs.
(broadly, informal) 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 new record type provides another solution. A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations. 2020, Ian F. Darwin, Java Cookbook, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 232:
This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…] 1989, Elliot B. Koffman, Pascal: Problem Solving and Program Design, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 406:
A record is a special kind of class that's designed to work well with immutable (readonly) data. 2021, Joseph Albahari, C# 9.0 in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 210:
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
He broke the record for the youngest English captain.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
"Avanti has literally broken records over the last six months for delays and cancellations, and the Conservatives' answer is to reward failure with millions more in taxpayer cash," said Labour Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh. 2023 April 5, “Network News: Conservatives accused of "rewarding Avanti's failure"”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:
Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.
lo ແຜ່ນສຽງ (phonograph record) · de Datensatz (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · is skrá (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh за́пис (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ga tuairisc (information put into a lasting physical medium) · cs rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · de Rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ar أُسْطُوَانَة (phonograph record) · da plade (phonograph record) · sv skiva (phonograph record) · ar تَسْجِيل (information put into a lasting physical medium) · el εγγραφή (information put into a lasting physical medium) · fa-ira صَفْحِهٔ گِرامافون (phonograph record) · hi इतिवृत्त (information put into a lasting physical medium) · lt rekordas (most extreme known value of some achievement) · be пласці́нка (phonograph record) · my ဓာတ်ပြား (phonograph record) · tr kayıt (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · km ថាស (phonograph record) · nn rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · fr enregistrement (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · vi đĩa nhạc (phonograph record) · yue 紀錄 /纪录 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sw rekodi (information put into a lasting physical medium) · pl rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ota جریده (information put into a lasting physical medium) · nl plaat (phonograph record) · prs رِیکَارْد (phonograph record) · cs záznam (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sw rekodi (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ms rekod (most extreme known value of some achievement) · cmn 紀錄 /纪录 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ja レコード (phonograph record) · cmn 記錄 /记录 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · cy record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ka ჩანაწერი (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ja 最高記録 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sq disk (phonograph record) · bg пло́ча (phonograph record) · el καταχώρηση (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · da optegnelse (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ja 記録 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · da grammofonplade (phonograph record) · sv post (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ka ფირფიტაზე ჩანაწერი (phonograph record) · chr ᎠᏠᏗ (phonograph record) · mk плоча (phonograph record) · fr record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ro înregistrare (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · es récor (information put into a lasting physical medium) · pt vinil (phonograph record) · de Aufnahme (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ar مُدَوَّنَة (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ja 成績 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · th แผ่นเสียง (phonograph record) · it record (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh за́пис (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ro înregistrare (information put into a lasting physical medium) · yue 黑膠唱片 /黑胶唱片 (phonograph record) · tg сафҳа (phonograph record) · tr belge (information put into a lasting physical medium) · es plusmarca (most extreme known value of some achievement) · yue 唱片 (phonograph record) · sh сло̏г (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · el εγγραφή (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · pl wpis (information put into a lasting physical medium) · de Aufzeichnung (information put into a lasting physical medium) · hu rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sv nerteckning (information put into a lasting physical medium) · kk рекорд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · be за́піс (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ko 기록 (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ru диск (phonograph record) · scn record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ky пластинка (phonograph record) · cmn 最好成績 /最好成绩 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sk platňa (phonograph record) · fa-ira ثَبْت (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ru реко́рд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · vi đĩa hát (phonograph record) · is hljómplata (phonograph record) · pt registro (information put into a lasting physical medium) · cmn 片子 (phonograph record) · ar سِجِلّ (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · uk реко́рд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hy ձայնապնակ (phonograph record) · hu rekord (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · fi levy (phonograph record) · is færsla (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · uk диск (phonograph record) · he תַּקְלִיט (phonograph record) · bg за́пис (information put into a lasting physical medium) · tl plaka (phonograph record) · ga cuntas (information put into a lasting physical medium) · af rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hi कीर्तिमान (most extreme known value of some achievement) · pl płyta gramofonowa (phonograph record) · ca enregistrament (phonograph record) · cs záznam (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ja 音盤 (phonograph record) · sh пло̏ча (phonograph record) · sv inspelning (information put into a lasting physical medium) · it disco (phonograph record) · ro placă (phonograph record) · hy գրառում (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ky граммофон пластинкасы (phonograph record) · hu nyilvántartás (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sw rekodi (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · tg қарта (phonograph record) · uk пласти́нка (phonograph record) · el καταγραφή (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sk rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · is heimild (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ka რეკორდი (most extreme known value of some achievement) · eo registri (information put into a lasting physical medium) · eo rekordo (most extreme known value of some achievement) · scn riggistrazziuni (information put into a lasting physical medium) · uz gramplastinka (phonograph record) · scn discu (phonograph record) · ms piring hitam (phonograph record) · fi ennätys (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hi तबकड़ी (phonograph record) · ro disc (phonograph record) · ca registre (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ru пласти́нка (phonograph record) · fi tietue (programming: kind of data type) · pt registo (information put into a lasting physical medium) · tg сабт (information put into a lasting physical medium) · fi äänilevy (phonograph record) · tr kayıt (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ar قَيْد (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh zápis (information put into a lasting physical medium) · fr enregistrement (information put into a lasting physical medium) · is menjar (information put into a lasting physical medium) · et kirje (information put into a lasting physical medium) · fi tallenne (information put into a lasting physical medium) · es vinilo (phonograph record) · be дыск (phonograph record) · cmn 紀錄 /纪录 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · is skýrsla (information put into a lasting physical medium) · bg за́пис (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · tg сафҳаи граммофон (phonograph record) · sh slȍg (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · cy record (phonograph record) · de Bestleistung (most extreme known value of some achievement) · cmn 唱片 (phonograph record) · vi kỉ lục (most extreme known value of some achievement) · de Schallplatte (phonograph record) · sq pllakë (phonograph record) · ru за́пись (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh rèkord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · it registrazione (information put into a lasting physical medium) · be за́піс (information put into a lasting physical medium) · hi अभिलेख (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sl rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ga ceirnín (phonograph record) · ko 레코드 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · mk запис (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ka გრამფირფიტა (phonograph record) · lv ieraksts (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ru грампласти́нка (phonograph record) · de Eintrag (information put into a lasting physical medium) · it record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sv platta (phonograph record) · ru граммофо́нная пласти́нка (phonograph record) · sh plȍča (phonograph record) · mk рекорд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · is met (most extreme known value of some achievement) · lt įrašas (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sk záznam (information put into a lasting physical medium) · vi đĩa (phonograph record) · be рэко́рд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · cmn 最高記錄 /最高记录 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · es récord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sw sahani ya santuri (phonograph record) · sh сни̑мка (information put into a lasting physical medium) · nl verslag (information put into a lasting physical medium) · bg реко́рд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · pt registo (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ko 기록 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · el βινύλιο (phonograph record) · nl record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ja 記録 (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · he עֵרֶךְ (information put into a lasting physical medium) · fa-ira صَفْحِهٔ وینیل (phonograph record) · ro disc-audio (phonograph record) · tg қартаи граммофон (phonograph record) · mi rekoata (phonograph record) · sv rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · vi đĩa than (phonograph record) · mi mauhanga (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ja レコード (information put into a lasting physical medium) · pl zapis (information put into a lasting physical medium) · es disco de vinilo (phonograph record) · lv skaņuplate (phonograph record) · ro record (most extreme known value of some achievement) · it primato (most extreme known value of some achievement) · id rekor (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sl plošča (phonograph record) · ar دَفْتَر (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · nl grammofoonplaat (phonograph record) · km ថាលសព្ទ (phonograph record) · mn пянз (phonograph record) · ms rakaman (information put into a lasting physical medium) · lo ຈານສຽງ (phonograph record) · ca enregistrament (information put into a lasting physical medium) · az yazı (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ko 기록 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · lt plokštelė (phonograph record) · hi रिकॉर्ड (phonograph record) · lt diskas (phonograph record) · ko 음반 (phonograph record) · nb grammofonplate (phonograph record) · nb plate (phonograph record) · uk за́пис (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · pl rekord (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · yue 記錄 /记录 (information put into a lasting physical medium) · uz plastinka (phonograph record) · cmn 黑膠唱片 /黑胶唱片 (phonograph record) · hu hanglemez (phonograph record) · is plata (phonograph record) · kk жазба (information put into a lasting physical medium) · cy cofnod (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh snȉmak (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh zápis (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · th จานเสียง (phonograph record) · lt įrašas (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ko 최고 기록 (most extreme known value of some achievement) · th บันทึก (information put into a lasting physical medium) · mi pūkete (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ar تَدْوِين (information put into a lasting physical medium) · da post (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · tr plak (phonograph record) · ga taifead (information put into a lasting physical medium) · tg қайд (information put into a lasting physical medium) · pl płyta (phonograph record) · ga curiarracht (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hu felvétel (information put into a lasting physical medium) · da dokument (information put into a lasting physical medium) · pl analog (phonograph record) · pt registro (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · hu lemez (phonograph record) · vi bản ghi (information put into a lasting physical medium) · ur رِکارْڈ (phonograph record) · el δίσκος (phonograph record) · tr rekor (most extreme known value of some achievement) · nb opptegnelse (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sl zapis (information put into a lasting physical medium) · uk за́пис (information put into a lasting physical medium) · scn primatu (most extreme known value of some achievement) · kk табақ (phonograph record) · pt recorde (most extreme known value of some achievement) · az plastinka (phonograph record) · pdt Gramafoonschiew (phonograph record) · da rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ru за́пись (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · fa-ira رِکُوْرْد (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hu csúcs (most extreme known value of some achievement) · fa-ira صَفْحِه (phonograph record) · fi tietue (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · he רְשׁוּמָה (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · ko 레코드 (phonograph record) · sh рѐкорд (most extreme known value of some achievement) · tr tescil (information put into a lasting physical medium) · kk граммофон табағы (phonograph record) · sq shënim (information put into a lasting physical medium) · lv rekords (most extreme known value of some achievement) · sh snȋmka (information put into a lasting physical medium) · be грампласці́нка (phonograph record) · nb rekord (most extreme known value of some achievement) · cs deska (phonograph record) · yue 記錄 /记录 (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · uk грампласти́нка (phonograph record) · fr disque (phonograph record) · el ανώτατη επίδοση (most extreme known value of some achievement) · hu feljegyzés (information put into a lasting physical medium) · cmn 記錄 /记录 (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · de Höchstleistung (most extreme known value of some achievement) · ar رَقْم قِيَاسِيّ (most extreme known value of some achievement) · es registro (computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item) · el ρεκόρ (most extreme known value of some achievement) · az qeyd (information put into a lasting physical medium) · sh сни̏мак (information put into a lasting physical medium)
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”).
Meanings
(transitive) To make a record of information.
The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years. 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
However, the ability to record people without their knowledge, with the stroke of a finger over the spectacle frame or a voice command, has prompted privacy concerns. 2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent:
(transitive) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
(intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To repeat; to practice.
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
They long’d to see the day, to heare the larke
Record her hymnes and chant her carols blest, 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem, London: I. Iaggard and M. Lownes, Book 2, p. 39:
1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 741-742,
Come Berecynthia, let vs in likewise,
And heare the Nightingale record hir notes.
[…] the Nymph did earnestly contest
Whether the Birds or she recorded best […] 1616, William Browne, Britannia’s Pastorals, London: John Haviland, published 1625, Book 2, Song 4, p. 129:
[…] to the lute
She sung, and made the night-bird mute,
That still records with moan; c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act IV, prologue]:
(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
[…] he was […] carried to the Scaffold on the Tower-hill […], himself praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read. 1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section 3”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 204:
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Antonyms
erase (antonym(s) of “make an audio or video recording of”) · erase (antonym(s) of “make a record of information”)
es grabar ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · da optage (make an audio or video recording of) · be запіса́ць (make a record of) · hy գրառել (give legal status to by making an official public record) · ka ჩაიწერს (make an audio or video recording of) · pl nagrać (make an audio or video recording of) · hu feljegyez (make a record of) · no ta opp (make an audio or video recording of) · ga taifead ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · ro înregistra (make an audio or video recording of) · mi rekoata (make a record of) · sv spela in (make an audio or video recording of) · pt gravar ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · uk запи́сувати (make a record of) · nl opnemen ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · fi tallentaa (make a record of) · ru записа́ть (make an audio or video recording of) · de aufzeichnen ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · he רִשּׁוּם (make a record of) · pl nagrywać się ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · bg регистрирам (give legal status to by making an official public record) · cy cofnodi (make a record of) · de eintragen (make a record of) · hy գրառել (make a record of) · pt registrar (make a record of) · cs zaznamenat (make a record of) · bg записвам (make an audio or video recording of) · fi nauhoittaa (make an audio or video recording of) · fi taltioida (make a record of) · de protokollieren (make a record of) · da bevidne (give legal status to by making an official public record) · ja 録画する (make an audio or video recording of) · el καταγράφω (make a record of) · nl opnemen (make an audio or video recording of) · el γράφω (make an audio or video recording of) · ms rakam (make an audio or video recording of) · grc ἀναγράφω (make a record of) · fi äänittää (make an audio or video recording of) · fi levyttää (make an audio or video recording of) · hy գրանցել (make a record of) · fr enregistrer (make a record of) · cs nahrát (make an audio or video recording of) · fi tallentaa (make an audio or video recording of) · hu bejegyez (give legal status to by making an official public record) · zdj urenga (make an audio or video recording of) · ka ჩაიწერს (make a record of) · de aufzeichnen (make a record of) · da optegne (make a record of) · hy գրանցել (give legal status to by making an official public record) · cs nahrávat ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · hu rögzít (make an audio or video recording of) · sv anteckna (make a record of) · da registrere (make a record of) · ja 記す (make a record of) · ga taifead (make a record of) · fi levyttää ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · pl zarejestrować (give legal status to by making an official public record) · no spille inn (make an audio or video recording of) · nl optekenen (make a record of) · wa eredjistrer (make an audio or video recording of) · sw rekodi ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · ja 記録する (make a record of) · ro înregistra (make a record of) · arz سجل (make a record of) · az yazdırmaq (make an audio or video recording of) · mk снима (make an audio or video recording of) · be запі́сваць (make a record of) · ka იწერს (make an audio or video recording of) · sw rekodi (make a record of) · fi merkitä (make a record of) · hu felvesz (make an audio or video recording of) · de aufnehmen (make an audio or video recording of) · fr enregistrer (make an audio or video recording of) · pl notować (make a record of) · ja 収録する (make an audio or video recording of) · mi whakapūkete (make a record of) · hu nyilvántartásba vesz (give legal status to by making an official public record) · pt gravar (make an audio or video recording of) · ga taifead (make an audio or video recording of) · es registrar (make a record of) · pl nagrywać (make an audio or video recording of) · khb ᦷᦈᧆᦖᦻ (make a record of) · sw rekodi (make an audio or video recording of) · es anotar (make a record of) · ms rakam (make a record of) · ka იწერს (make a record of) · mi rekoata (make an audio or video recording of) · sv spela in ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · ru запи́сывать (make an audio or video recording of) · mi hopu (make an audio or video recording of) · es registrar (make an audio or video recording of) · pl rejestrować (give legal status to by making an official public record) · de aufzeichnen (make an audio or video recording of) · el εγγράφω (make an audio or video recording of) · it registrare (make an audio or video recording of) · el αναγράφω (make a record of) · hu rögzít (make a record of) · ko 기록하다 (make a record of) · uk записа́ти (make a record of) · ota یازمق (make a record of) · eo noti (make a record of) · ro înregistra ((intransitive) make audio or video recording) · cmn 錄 /录 (make a record of) · fi rekisteröidä (give legal status to by making an official public record) · tr kaydetmek (make a record of) · ru записа́ть (make a record of) · ja 録る (make an audio or video recording of) · da indspille (make an audio or video recording of) · 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