Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)To make a record of information.

    I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.

    eintragen, protokollieren, aufzeichnen

    запи́сыватьzapísyvatʹ, записа́тьzapisátʹ

    запи́суватиzapýsuvaty, записа́тиzapysáty

    make a record of; set down in permanent form

  2. (transitive)To make an audio or video recording of.

    Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.

    aufzeichnen, aufnehmen, aufzeichnen

    запи́сыватьzapísyvatʹ, записа́тьzapisátʹ

  3. (transitive)To give legal status to by making an official public record.

    When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.

  4. (intransitive)To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

  5. (intransitive)To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

  6. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To repeat; to practice.

  7. (ambitransitive, obsolete)To sing or repeat a tune.

    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.

  8. (obsolete)To reflect; to ponder.

Examples

1033 sentences
  1. I hope someone is recording this.

    Сподіваюся, хтось це записує.

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  2. I want to beat that record.

    Я хочу побити цей рекорд.

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  3. Aren't you recording us right now?

    Хіба ти не записуєш нас просто зараз?

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  4. Did you know Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома?

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость?

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  5. Did you know that Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома?

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make a record of:
Русский
By meaning 1
make a record of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
make a record of:
make an audio or video recording of:

Origin

From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (

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”).

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Forms

records, recording, recorded, recorded
Base formrecord · to record
3rd person singularrecords
Present participlerecording
Past simplerecorded
Past participlerecorded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecord
he, she, itrecords

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecorded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recorded
he, she, ithas recorded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill record

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
make a record of information:erase

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • a criminal record
  • criminal record
  • the record straight
  • set the record
  • being being recorded
  • world record
  • record straight
  • break the record
  • the world record
  • a new record
  • new record

See also

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