n.
- a piece of evidence about the past, especially a written or other permanent account.
▸Law an official report of the proceedings and judgement in a court.
- a person or thing's previous conduct or performance:
the team kept their unbeaten home record.
▸a criminal record.
- the best performance or most remarkable event of its kind.
- a thin plastic disc carrying recorded sound in grooves on each surface, for reproduction by a record player.
▸a piece or collection of music reproduced on such a disc or on another medium.
- Computing a number of related items of information handled as a unit.
v.
- make a record of.
▸state or express officially.
- convert (sound, a broadcast, etc.) into permanent form for later reproduction or broadcast.
Phrase
- for the record
so that the true facts are recorded or known. - on record
officially measured and noted. - on
(or off)
the record
made (or not made) as an official or attributable statement. - put
(or set)
the record straight
correct a misapprehension.
Derivative
- recordable adj.
- recording n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. record ‘remembrance’, from recorder ‘bring to remembrance’, from L. recordari ‘remember’, based on cor, cord- ‘heart’.