Etimology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.
verb
report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15th c.]
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th–18th c.]
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
(transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19th c.]
(intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19th c.]
(transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19th c.]
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
(politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(obsolete) To refer.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Examples
Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene / […] / Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god
For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.
Every newspaper reported the war.
In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. Audio
Audio
The financial director reports to the CEO.
Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
Baldwine his ſonne, the fourth of that name [Baldwin IV of Jerusalem], ſucceeded his father [Amalric of Jerusalem]: ſo like unto him, that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will ſpare the repeating his description.
a church with windows only from above […] that reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times
noun
report (plural reports)
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
Reputation.
(firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
Examples
A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth.
While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
[…] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
He knelt upon one knee, cocked the weapon, placed the muzzle against the man's forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the trigger. There was no report. He had used his last cartridge for the horse.
Synonym: subordinate