report

[ ri-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt /

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noun

an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.

a statement or announcement.

a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.

an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., especially as taken down for publication.

a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.

a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.

Computers. output, especially printed, containing organized information.

a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.

reports, Law. a collection of adjudications.

repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.

verb (used with object)

to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.

to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.

to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.

to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often followed by out): The committee reported out the bill.

to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.

to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.

to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.

to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.

to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.

to relate or tell.

verb (used without object)

to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.

to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.

to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.

to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.

Idioms for report

on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.

Origin of report

1325–75; (v.) Middle English reporten < Middle French reporter, Old French < Latin reportāre to carry back, equivalent to re- re- + portāre to carry (see port⁵); (noun) Middle English < Middle French, derivative of reporter

SYNONYMS FOR report

1 description, story.

2 bulletin, dispatch.

5 shot, detonation.

11, 12 relay.

15 accuse.

20 narrate, rehearse, recount, describe, detail, repeat.

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OTHER WORDS FROM report

re·port·a·ble, adjective non·re·port·a·ble, adjective non·re·port·ed, adjective o·ver·re·port, verb

pre·re·port, noun, verb qua·si-re·port·ed, adjective sub·re·port, noun un·re·port·a·ble, adjective un·re·port·ed, adjective well-re·port·ed, adjective

Words nearby report

repo, repoint, repolarization, repone, repopulate, report, report card, report stage, reportable disease, reportage, reported clause

Example sentences from the Web for report

Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.

Sia and Shia LaBeouf’s Pedophilia Nontroversy Over ‘Elastic Heart’ |Marlow Stern |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Did he go to the authorities to file a report against the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel?

Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder |Jason McGahan |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country |Jacob Siegel |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Similarly, a recent NPR report covered the challenges many police departments are having recruiting officers of color.

How to Solve the Policing Crisis |Keli Goff |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

When the man threatened to report him for harassment to the NOPD, Farrell arrested him.

The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise |Jason Berry |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Hearing the report of our guns, the flock flew towards the wood for shelter.

Snow Shoes and Canoes |William H. G. Kingston
A dry branch snapped under Kerry's foot with the report of a toy pistol.

Southern Lights and Shadows |Various
Do you know whether or not those officers made a report about what they knew about the killing of Oswald prior to February 18?

Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This was occasioned by the muzzles being pointed downwards into the ditch, which gave the report an unusual and appalling effect.

Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade |William Surtees
The report is that only two scalps were taken, but that may mean very little.

Scouting with Daniel Boone |Everett T. Tomlinson

British Dictionary definitions for report

report

/ (rɪˈpɔːt) /

noun

an account prepared for the benefit of others, esp one that provides information obtained through investigation and published in a newspaper or broadcast

a statement made widely known; rumour according to report, he is not dead

an account of the deliberations of a committee, body, etc a report of parliamentary proceedings

British a statement on the progress, academic achievement, etc, of each child in a school, written by teachers and sent to the parents or guardian annually or each term

a written account of a case decided at law, giving the main points of the argument on each side, the court's findings, and the decision reached

comment on a person's character or actions; reputation he is of good report here

a sharp loud noise, esp one made by a gun

verb (when tr, may take a clause as object; when intr , often foll by on)

to give an account (of); describe

to give an account of the results of an investigation (into) to report on housing conditions

(of a committee, legislative body, etc) to make a formal report on (a bill)

(tr) to complain about (a person), esp to a superior I'll report you to the teacher

(tr) to reveal information about (a fugitive, escaped prisoner, etc) esp concerning his whereabouts

(intr) to present oneself or be present at an appointed place or for a specific purpose report to the manager's office

(intr) to say or show that one is (in a certain state) to report fit

(intr foll by to) to be responsible to and under the authority of the plant manager reports to the production controller

(intr) to act as a reporter for a newspaper or for radio or television

law to take down in writing details of (the proceedings of a court of law) as a record or for publication

Derived forms of report

reportable, adjective

Word Origin for report

C14: from Old French, from reporter to carry back, from Latin reportāre, from re- + portāre to carry

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verb (when tr, may take a clause as object; when intr , often foll by on)

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