Meaning

6 senses
  1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

    The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.

    The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.

    Aufzeichnung, Aufnahme, Eintrag

    за́письzápisʹ

    за́писzápys

  2. 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.

  3. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).

    (broadly, informal)A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.

    Schallplatte

    пласти́нкаplastínka, грампласти́нкаgramplastínka, граммофо́нная пласти́нкаgrammofónnaja plastínka

    пласти́нкаplastýnka, дискdysk, грампласти́нкаhramplastýnka

  4. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

    Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?

    Datensatz

    за́письzápisʹ

    за́писzápys

  5. 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.

  6. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

    The heat and humidity were both new records.

    Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.

    Rekord, Höchstleistung, Bestleistung

    реко́рдrekórd

    реко́рдrekórd

More definitions
  • the sum of recognized accomplishments
  • an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
  • a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
  • anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

Examples

1033 sentences
  1. I hope someone is recording this.

    Сподіваюся, хтось це записує. — deniko

  2. I want to beat that record.

    Я хочу побити цей рекорд. — deniko

  3. Aren't you recording us right now?

    Хіба ти не записуєш нас просто зараз? — deniko

  4. Did you know Tom has a criminal record?

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

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

    Ти знав про кримінальне минуле Тома? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что у Тома судимость? — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
information put into a lasting physical medium:
phonograph record:
most extreme known value of some achievement:
Русский
By meaning 3
information put into a lasting physical medium:
phonograph record:
most extreme known value of some achievement:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
information put into a lasting physical medium:
phonograph record:
computing: set of data relating to a single individual or item:
most extreme known value of some achievement:

Origin

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

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Forms

plural: records
Singularrecord
Pluralrecords

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the sum of recognized accomplishments:track record
  • a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone:record bookbook
  • a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted:criminal record
  • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove:phonograph recordphonograph recordingdiskdiscplatter

Word family

61 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

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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