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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

  1. 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:
  2. 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:
  3. 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:
  4. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

リポート · レポート · ሪፖርት

Synonyms

subordinate

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 Väadrach (information describing events) · el αναφορά (information describing events) · nl knal (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · sh ѝзвје̄шће (information describing events) · eo informo (information describing events) · ru сообще́ние (information describing events) · ja 答申 (information describing events) · kmr rapor (information describing events) · lt pranešimas (information describing events) · et aruanne (information describing events) · da anmeldelse (information describing events) · nl verslag (information describing events) · et raport (information describing events) · yi באַריכט (information describing events) · bg репорта́ж (information describing events) · ro raport (information describing events) · tg гузориш (information describing events) · vi bản báo cáo (information describing events) · ko 보고 (information describing events) · ru вы́стрел (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · ca informe (information describing events) · ja 銃声 (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · nl poef (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · egy s-mi-i-A2 (information describing events) · nrf rapport (information describing events) · uk повідо́млення (information describing events) · pl sprawozdanie (information describing events) · nl boem (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · de Bericht (information describing events) · ru взрыв (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · hy զեկույց (information describing events) · mi rīpoata (information describing events) · gl informe (information describing events) · fi huhu (information describing events) · ko 보고서 (information describing events) · ar تَقْرِير (information describing events) · ps راپور (information describing events) · fi selvitys (information describing events) · nl paf (ballistics: the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion) · es reportazgo (information describing events) · sv rapport (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)

report en · VERB

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
    • Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported[…]that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration. 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, pages 47–48:
  2. (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
  3. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
    • thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene /[…]/ Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
  4. (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
    • For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
  5. (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
    • If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
  6. (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
  7. (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
    • In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    • Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.
    • Every newspaper reported the war.
  8. (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
    • Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
    • The financial director reports to the CEO.
    • Although she was junior to [Barret] Zoph, the report said that she did not report directly to him. 2026 January 22, R. Ghosh, “Who Is Barret Zoph? Co-Founder of $12B AI Startup Fired after CEO Mira Murati Learns of Office Affair as Both Lovebirds Go Back to OpenAI”, in International Business Times:
  9. (dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
    • The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
  10. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
  11. (obsolete) To refer.
    • Baldwine his ſonne, the fourth of that name [Baldwin IV of Jerusalem], ſucceeded his father [Amalric of Jerusalem]: ſo like unto him, that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will ſpare the repeating his description. 1639, Thomas Fuller, “Baldwine the Fourth Succeedeth; His Education under William the Reverend Archbishop of Tyre”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book II, page 94:
  12. (ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
    • a church with windows only from above[…] that reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
  13. Of a ship, to return to a port.
    • Our ship leaves port on Monday and will re-port on Friday.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reporteth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
reported Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
reported Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
reported Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
reported Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reported Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
reported Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
reported Tense=Past lexicographic
reports Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reporting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reportedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
report Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
report VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
report Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
report Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
report Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
report Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reportest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

underreport · overreport · reporter · outreport · unreported · reportorial · rereport · reportable · coreport · misreport · report for duty · report out · reportability · reportative · mass report · report back · reportee · aforereported

Descendants

port

Translations (144)

ar أَبْلَغَ (to notify formally) · eo komuniki (to relate details of) · cs zodpovídat se (to be accountable) · bg съобщавам (to relate details of) · it scrivere (to write news reports) · fi selvittää (to relate details of) · ca informar (to notify formally) · fi kirjoittaa (to write news reports) · nl bekendmaken (to notify formally) · de sich melden (to appear or present oneself) · km រាយការណ៍ (to relate details of) · ko 보고하다 (to relate details of) · sh izvijestiti (to notify formally) · bg описвам (to repeat, retell, pass on) · la referō (to notify formally) · pl raportować (to relate details of) · lv ziņot (to relate details of) · da meddele (to relate details of) · ru отчита́ться (to be accountable) · hu jelent (to notify formally) · pt dar notícia (to write news reports) · ru отчи́тываться (to notify formally) · es ser responsable (to be accountable) · fr rapporter (to relate details of) · hu továbbít (to repeat, retell, pass on) · fi ilmoittaa (to notify formally) · sh raportirati (to notify formally) · ru яви́ться (to appear or present oneself) · fi ilmoittautua (to appear or present oneself) · de verzeigen (to relate details of) · de anzeigen (to relate details of) · ro semnala (to notify formally) · pl zaraportować (to relate details of) · tr raporlamak (to relate details of) · la referō (to relate details of) · hu beszámol (to write news reports) · ky билдирүү (to notify formally) · ca notificar (to notify formally) · es informar (to relate details of) · fr rendre des comptes (to be accountable) · it riportare (to be accountable) · hu beszámol (to relate details of) · cmn 報告 /报告 (to relate details of) · th ทูล (to relate details of) · lv paziņot (to notify formally) · ca fer saber (to notify formally) · it riportare (to write news reports) · fi raportoida (to be accountable) · bg докладвам (to notify formally) · ru сообщи́ть (to relate details of) · bg отчитам се (to be accountable) · pt notificar (to notify formally) · eo raporti (to repeat, retell, pass on) · da indberette (to notify formally) · sv rapportera (to relate details of) · it riferire (to write news reports) · es notificar (to notify formally) · hy զեկուցել (to relate details of) · grc ἀναγγέλλω (to repeat, retell, pass on) · nl verschijnen (to appear or present oneself) · da melde (to relate details of) · bg разказвам (to repeat, retell, pass on) · ja 報告する (to relate details of) · th ทำนูล (to relate details of) · fr rapporter (to write news reports) · cmn 彙報 /汇报 (to notify formally) · da underrette (to notify formally) · ca informar (to relate details of) · be паведамля́ць (to relate details of) · am መመዝገብ (to relate details of) · it notificare (to notify formally) · acw وصف (to relate details of) · fr présenter (to write news reports) · acw بلغ (to relate details of) · arz بلغ (to relate details of) · de melden (to relate details of) · da anmelde (to notify formally) · th รายงาน (to relate details of) · my သတင်းပို့ (to relate details of) · ru доложи́ть (to notify formally) · fr couvrir (to write news reports) · es reportar (to relate details of) · hu jelentkezik (to appear or present oneself) · hu tudósít (to write news reports) · tr bildirmek (to notify formally) · fi raportoida (to relate details of) · ru сообща́ть (to relate details of) · ru явля́ться (to appear or present oneself) · mi pūrongo (to relate details of) · nl berichten (to relate details of) · ru докла́дывать (to notify formally) · af rapporteer (to relate details of) · ca ser responsable (to be accountable) · fi kertoa (to relate details of) · nl afkomen (to appear or present oneself) · lv ziņot (to notify formally) · ru отчита́ться (to notify formally) · cmn 彙報 /汇报 (to relate details of) · hu bejelent (to notify formally) · fi raportoida (to write news reports) · de berichten (to write news reports) · grc ἀγγέλλω (to notify formally) · ca presentar-se (to appear or present oneself) · hu jelent (to write news reports) · cmn 反映 (to repeat, retell, pass on) · fr signaler (to notify formally) · da advisere (to notify formally) · ja 報ずる (to relate details of) · th คาบ (to relate details of) · fi selostaa (to write news reports) · de berichten (to relate details of) · hu jelent (to relate details of) · nl melden (to notify formally) · sh prijaviti (to notify formally) · pl sprawozdawać (to relate details of) · ru отчи́тываться (to be accountable) · ar وَصَفَ (to relate details of) · pl sprawozdać (to relate details of) · fi kertoa (to repeat, retell, pass on) · bg рапортувам (to appear or present oneself) · it riferire (to relate details of) · ar أَبْلَغَ (to relate details of) · bg явявам се (to appear or present oneself) · fi selostaa (to relate details of) · be паве́даміць (to relate details of) · gl informar (to relate details of) · lb beriichten (to relate details of) · sv anmäla (to notify formally) · es presentarse (to appear or present oneself) · km កត់ហេតុ (to relate details of) · pt cobrir (to write news reports) · mi pūrongorongo (to relate details of) · sh očitovati se (to notify formally) · es rendir cuentas (to be accountable) · pt relatar (to relate details of) · pt apresentar-se (to appear or present oneself) · ro se prezenta (to appear or present oneself) · hu átad (to repeat, retell, pass on) · nl rapporteren (to relate details of) · de melden (to notify formally) · it presentarsi a rapporto (to appear or present oneself) · es anoticiar (to relate details of) · ro raporta (to relate details of) · da rapportere (to relate details of)