report en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (California) audio
- /ɹɪˈpoət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (Texas) audio
- /ɹɪˈpɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹɪˈpoɹt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɹəˈpoɹt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ɹɪˈpoːt/ (Australia)
- audio Connecticut
- /ɹəˈpoːt/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.
Meanings
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A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian:
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Reputation.
Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 36”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
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The sharp, loud sound of a gunshot or explosion.
[…] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:He knelt upon one knee, cocked the weapon, placed the muzzle against the man's forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the trigger. There was no report. He had used his last cartridge for the horse.
1889, Ambrose Bierce, The Coup de Grâce:While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Cabin Table”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 166:Waziri’s warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the direction of the village. For a few minutes, the sharp cracking of guns ahead warned them to haste, but finally the reports dwindled to an occasional shot, presently ceasing altogether.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg, published March 1915, →OCLC:
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An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
The revelation that boss of one year Laurent Freixe was conducting an undisclosed affair with a direct report has rocked a 159-year-old conglomerate that pioneered infant formula and milk chocolate before growing to become the world's largest food and beverage company.
2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reports | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
TPS report (unsorted derived terms) · law report (unsorted derived terms) · book report (unsorted derived terms) · credit report (unsorted derived terms) · conreport (unsorted derived terms) · subreport (unsorted derived terms) · morning report (unsorted derived terms) · minority report (unsorted derived terms) · indirect report (employee) · case report (unsorted derived terms) · progress report (unsorted derived terms) · police report (unsorted derived terms) · self-report (unsorted derived terms) · incident report (unsorted derived terms) · weather report (unsorted derived terms) · property irregularity report (unsorted derived terms) · internship report (unsorted derived terms) · direct report (employee) · on report (piece of information) · status report (unsorted derived terms) · annual report (unsorted derived terms) · photoreport (unsorted derived terms) · self report (unsorted derived terms) · report card (piece of information) · medical report (unsorted derived terms) · misreport (unsorted derived terms) · Gladue report (piece of information) · co-report (unsorted derived terms) · sugar report (unsorted derived terms) · news report (unsorted derived terms) · by-report (unsorted derived terms) · spot report (unsorted derived terms)
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (187)
mk извештај (information describing events) · bg отче́т (information describing events) · ru сво́дка (information describing events) · eo raporto (information describing events) · mn тайлан (information describing events) · mr अहवाल (information describing events) · ru репорта́ж (information describing events) · kk баянат (information describing events) · it rapporto (information describing events) · ar بَلَاغ (information describing events) · de Mitteilung (information describing events) · et ettekanne (information describing events) · uk звіт (information describing events) · mic agnutmaqan (information describing events) · fi pamaus (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · cmn 報告 /报告 (information describing events) · ps راپورتاژ (information describing events) · ms laporan (information describing events) · fr reportage (information describing events) · az raport (information describing events) · lo ລາຍງານ (information describing events) · cs zpráva (information describing events) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (information describing events) · ps رپوټ (information describing events) · ko 총성 (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · bg докла́д (information describing events) · vi báo cáo (information describing events) · uz doklad (information describing events) · af rapport (information describing events) · cs hlášení (information describing events) · bn প্রতিবেদন (information describing events) · ky баяндама (information describing events) · de Reportage (information describing events) · bo སྙན་ཞུ (information describing events) · fr rapport (information describing events) · uk ра́порт (information describing events) · ca report (information describing events) · ota جریده (information describing events) · th รายงาน (information describing events) · bn রিপোর্ট (information describing events) · hy զեկուցում (information describing events) · es reportaje (information describing events) · tr röpörtaj (information describing events) · cs výstřel (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · tk hasabat (information describing events) · uz hisobot (information describing events) · az hesabat (information describing events) · fr compte-rendu (information describing events) · wa conte-rindou (information describing events) · ug دوكلات (information describing events) · sh и̏звешта̄ј (information describing events) · hu beszámoló (information describing events) · gd iomradh (information describing events) · uk справозда́ння (information describing events) · ko 레포트 (information describing events) · cy adroddiad (information describing events) · sq raport (information describing events) · ru ра́порт (information describing events) · fr bulletin (information describing events) · mi pūrongorongo (information describing events) · kk есеп (information describing events) · sh ѝзве̄шће (information describing events) · ga tuairisc (information describing events) · es reporte (information describing events) · pdt 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(information describing events) · de Meldung (information describing events) · sh ìzvjēšće (information describing events) · ro bubuit (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · et ülevaade (information describing events) · ru репо́рт (information describing events) · gl parte (information describing events) · hi रिपोर्ट (information describing events) · da melding (information describing events) · id laporan (information describing events) · hu jelentés (information describing events) · ota راپور (information describing events) · et reportaaž (information describing events) · sk výkaz (information describing events) · cmn 報告書 /报告书 (information describing events) · ka მოხსენება (information describing events) · nl pif (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · is skýrsla (information describing events) · crh raport (information describing events) · wa rapoirt (information describing events) · pdt Berecht (information describing events) · nb rapport (information describing events) · ha rahoto (information describing events) · mi pūrongo (information describing events) · da indberetning (information describing events) · fr communiqué (information describing events) · da rapport (information describing events) · sk hlásenie (information describing events) · pt relatório (information describing events) · fi raportti (information describing events) · cs výbuch (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · da meddelelse (information describing events) · ota خبر (information describing events) · pt relato (information describing events) · es informe (information describing events) · he דּוּ״חַ (information describing events) · sl poročilo (information describing events) · sw ripoti (information describing events) · km សម្មាភាគ (information describing events) · fi selostus (information describing events) · mk отчет (information describing events) · be дакла́д (information describing events) · be справазда́ча (information describing events) · ru отчёт (information describing events) · km ប៊ុល្លឺតាំង (information describing events) · ja 報告 (information describing events) · el έκθεση (information describing events) · nl rapport (information describing events) · la relātus (information describing events) · ky эсеп (information describing events) · km សេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍ (information describing events) · la auditio (information describing events) · be рэпарта́ж (information describing events) · ko 리포트 (information describing events) · he דִוּוּחַ (information describing events) · uk до́повідь (information describing events) · ur رِپورْٹ (information describing events) · my အစီရင်ခံစာ (information describing events) · sv knall (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · kk баяндама (information describing events) · uk репорта́ж (information describing events) · lv ziņojums (information describing events) · et seletuskiri (information describing events) · sk správa (information describing events) · fi väite (information describing events) · sh ìzvēšće (information describing events) · fa-ira گُزارِش (information describing events) · ja 報告書 (information describing events) · mi pakūtanga (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · pl raport (information describing events) · sh ȉzveštāj (information describing events) · fa-ira راپُرْت (information describing events) · ky отчёт (information describing events) · tr rapor (information describing events) · lt ataskaita (information describing events) · ky доклад (information describing events) · ru докла́д (information describing events) · ms rapot (information describing events) · el εκπυρσοκρότηση (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · az məlumat (information describing events) · am ሪፖርት (information describing events) · af verslag (information describing events) · ja レポート (information describing events)