Etimology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record (verb).
noun
record (plural records)
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
(programming) 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.
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
Examples
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.
He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.
Synonym: log
We have no record of you making this payment to us.
Synonyms: disc, phonograph record, vinyl
I still like records better than CDs.
He's the record doctor / Tell him your woes / He'll reach in his bag / And he'll give you a dose
Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
Coordinate terms: struct, enumeration
This chapter examines another data structure, the record . Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal […]
The new record type provides another solution. A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations.
A record is a special kind of class that's designed to work well with immutable data.
The heat and humidity were both new records.
The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
"Avanti has literally broken records over the last six months for delays and cancellations, and the Conservatives' answer is to reward failure with millions more in taxpayer cash," said Labour Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.
Related words
hyponyms
activation record
broken record
data record
public record
world record
adjective
record (not comparable)
(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
Examples
Synonyms: record-breaking, record-setting
"But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have a room of your own and I shall have to share a bedroom with that record stinker, Eustace."
Etimology
From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī, present active infinitive of recordor (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).
verb
record (third-person singular simple present records, present participle recording, simple past and past participle recorded)
(transitive) To make a record of information.
(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.
(transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
Examples
I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.
Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
However, the ability to record people without their knowledge, with the stroke of a finger over the spectacle frame or a voice command, has prompted privacy concerns.
When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
Come Berecynthia, let vs in likewise,
And heare the Nightingale record hir notes.
They long’d to see the day, to heare the larkeRecord her hymnes and chant her carols blest,
[…] to the luteShe sung, and made the night-bird mute,That still records with moan;
[…] the Nymph did earnestly contestWhether the Birds or she recorded best […]
[…] he was […] carried to the Scaffold on the Tower-hill […] , himself praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
Related words
antonyms
(antonym(s) of "make a record of information"): erase
(antonym(s) of "make an audio or video recording of"): erase