Definitions for the word "record" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To repeat; to recite; to sing or play.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To reflect; to ponder.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To sing or repeat a tune.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
Testimony; witness; attestation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
1 a piece of evidence or information constituting an (esp. Official) account of something that has occurred, been said, etc. B document etc. Preserving this. 2 state of being set down or preserved in writing etc. 3 (in full gramophone record) disc carrying recorded sound in grooves on each surface, for reproduction by a record-player. 4 official report of the proceedings and judgement in a court of justice. 5 a facts known about a person''s past. B list of a person''s previous criminal convictions. 6 (often attrib.) Best performance (esp. In sport) or most remarkable event of its kind on record. 7 object serving as a memorial; portrait. v. 1 set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference. 2 convert (sound, a broadcast, etc.) Into permanent form for later reproduction. for the record as an official statement etc. Go on record state one''s opinion openly, so that it is recorded. Have a record have a recorded criminal conviction or convictions. Off the record unofficially, confidentially. On record officially recorded; publicly known. [latin cor cordis heart]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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