Record - Definition

n 1: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a
photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information
about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of
stage techniques"
2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a
phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph
record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc,
platter]
3: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at
9-0 they have the best record in their league"
4: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good
record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good
president" [syn: record, track record]
5: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or
someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'";
"his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record
book, book]
6: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever
attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record";
"coffee production last year broke all previous records";
"Chicago set the homicide record"
7: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction;
"they could find no record of the purchase"
8: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been
previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of
the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the
prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: criminal record,
record]
v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn:
record, enter, put down]
2: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn:
record, tape] [ant: delete, erase]
3: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge
read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record]
4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the
button?" [syn: record, register]
5: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This
sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration
camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate,
memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise,
record]