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RECORD
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sum of recognized accomplishments
Example:
the track record shows that he will be a good president
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
Example:
Chicago set the homicide record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
attainment (the act of achieving an aim)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):
track record (the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack)
world record (the best record in the whole world)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Synonyms:
disc; disk; phonograph record; phonograph recording; platter; record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
audio; audio recording; sound recording (a recording of acoustic signals)
Meronyms (parts of "record"):
acetate disk; phonograph recording disk (a disk coated with cellulose acetate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):
L-P; LP (a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm)
78; seventy-eight (a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute)
Derivation:
record (register electronically)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
Example:
the prostitute had a record a mile long
Synonyms:
criminal record; record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))
Sense 5
Meaning:
A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
Example:
his name is in all the record books
Synonyms:
book; record; record book
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
fact (a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):
logbook (a book in which the log is written)
won-lost record ((sports) a record of win versus losses)
card; scorecard ((golf) a record of scores (as in golf))
Sense 6
Meaning:
Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
Example:
the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
evidence (an indication that makes something evident)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):
working papers (records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project)
account; chronicle; history; story (a record or narrative description of past events)
data file; file (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)
check stub; counterfoil; stub (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
memorabilia (a record of things worth remembering)
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Derivation:
record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
Example:
they could find no record of the purchase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
document (a written account of ownership or obligation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "record"):
balance sheet (a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets)
expense record (a written record of money spent)
account book; book; book of account; ledger; leger (a record in which commercial accounts are recorded)
payslip (a slip of paper included with your pay that records how much money you have earned and how much tax or insurance etc. has been taken out)
register (a book in which names and transactions are listed)
bankbook; passbook (a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks)
checkbook; chequebook (a book issued to holders of checking accounts)
Derivation:
record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
Example:
at 9-0 they have the best record in their league
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("record" is a kind of...):
number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they record ... he / she / it records
Past simple: recorded
Past participle: recorded
-ing form: recording
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Example:
The gauge read 'empty'
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):
indicate (to state or express briefly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):
say (indicate)
show (give evidence of, as of records)
strike (indicate (a certain time) by striking)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Register electronically
Example:
They recorded her singing
Synonyms:
record; tape
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):
cut (make a recording of)
cut (record a performance on (a medium))
prerecord (record before presentation, as of a broadcast)
tape record (record with a tape recorder)
save; write (record data on a computer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They will record the duet
Antonym:
erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)
Derivation:
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)
recorder (equipment for making records)
recording (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make a record of; set down in permanent form
Synonyms:
enter; put down; record
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "record" is one way to...):
preserve; save (to keep up and reserve for personal or special use)
Domain category:
recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "record"):
book (record a charge in a police register)
register (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)
film (record in film)
keep; maintain (maintain by writing regular records)
notch (notch a surface to record something)
mark; score (make underscoring marks)
photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)
tape; videotape (record on videotape)
film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)
clock up; log up (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars)
log (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)
document (record in detail)
file; file away (place in a container for keeping records)
chronicle (record in chronological order; make a historical record)
inscribe (write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)
manifest (record in a ship's manifest)
ring up (to perform and record a sale on a cash register)
post (display, as of records in sports games)
accession (make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library)
record; tape (register electronically)
clock in; clock on; punch in (register one's arrival at work)
chalk up; tally (keep score, as in games)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
record (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events)
record (a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction)
recorder (equipment for making records)
recorder (someone responsible for keeping records)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be aware of
Example:
Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
Synonyms:
record; register
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
"Record" entails doing...:
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Verb group:
register (enter into someone's consciousness)
register (show in one's face)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
If you have a one-and-only in your life, this could be a Valentine’s Day for the record books.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This was the third smallest June extent since records began in 1979.
(June 2015 was warmest June on record for the globe, NOAA)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to an adverse event.
(Adverse Event Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
IODP is a collaboration of scientists from 23 countries; the organization coordinates voyages to study the history of the Earth recorded in sediments and rocks beneath the seafloor.
(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)
Study participants were asked to rate their level of happiness and record their daily consumption of fruit and vegetables. (UQ News)
(Fruit and veggies pave the road to happiness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to biopsy.
(Biopsy Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to bone mineral density data.
(Bone Measurements Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
“These are the records of your early work, then?” I asked.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Your personal health information: who has access to your records?
(Medical Ethics, NIH)
A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to body weight gain.
(Body Weight Gain Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
