Report
[rɪ'pɔːt] or [rɪ'pɔrt]
Definition
(noun.) a short account of the news; 'the report of his speech'; 'the story was on the 11 o'clock news'; 'the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious'.
(noun.) the act of informing by verbal report; 'he heard reports that they were causing trouble'; 'by all accounts they were a happy couple'.
(noun.) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; 'this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale'.
(noun.) a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); 'they heard a violent report followed by silence'.
(verb.) to give an account or representation of in words; 'Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental'.
(verb.) make known to the authorities; 'One student reported the other to the principal'.
(verb.) complain about; make a charge against; 'I reported her to the supervisor'.
(verb.) announce one's presence; 'I report to work every day at 9 o'clock'.
(verb.) announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding; 'Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city'; 'The team reported significant advances in their research'.
(verb.) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; 'Snow reported on China in the 1950's'; 'The cub reporter covered New York City'.
Editor: Olivia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To refer.
(v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
(v. t.) To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
(v. t.) To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
(v. t.) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
(v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
(v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(v. t.) To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
(v. t.) To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
(v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
(v. i.) To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
(v. i.) To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.
(v. t.) That which is reported.
(v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
(v. t.) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
(v. t.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
(v. t.) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like.
(v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.
(v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
(v. t.) Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Announce, annunciate, declare, communicate, set forth, make known, give an account of.[2]. Relate, mention, bruit, advertise, publish, tell, promulgate, give out.[3]. Take down (in writing).
n. [1]. Account, announcement, statement, declaration, communication.[2]. Rumor, mention, relation, story, hearsay, bruit, news, common fame.[3]. Explosion, noise, sound, detonation.[4]. Repute, reputation.[5]. Record, note, minute.
Checker: Walter
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Announce, relate, tell, circulate, notify, narrate, recite, describe, detail,communicate, declare
ANT:Silence, hush, suppress, misreport, misrepresent, miarelate, falsify
SYN:tidings, announce, ment, relation, narration, recital, description,communication, declaration, news, rumor, fame, repute, noise, reverberation
ANT:Silence, suppression, misannouncement, fabrication, noiselessness
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Definition
v.t. to bring back as an answer or account of anything: to give an account of: to relate: to circulate publicly: to write down or take notes of esp. for a newspaper: to lay a charge against: to echo back.—v.i. to make a statement: to write an account of occurrences.—n. a statement of facts: description: a formal or official statement esp. of a judicial opinion or decision: rumour: sound: noise: (B.) repute: hearsay: reputation.—adj. Report′able fit to be reported on.—ns. Report′age report; Report′er one who reports esp. for a newspaper; Report′erism the business of reporting; Report′ing the act of drawing up reports—newspaper reporting.—adv. Report′ingly (Shak.) by common report.—adj. Reportō′rial.—Report one's self to give information about one's self one's whereabouts &c.—Be reported of to be spoken well or ill of.
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Examples
- It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a loud report and echoed and rattled heavily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A certain great traveller, who understood the Indians and their language, had figured in Mr. Seegrave's report, hadn't he? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He came and was put in my care for the purpose of a mutual exchange of ideas and for a report by me as to his competency in the matter. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You heard the report and then the shriek commenced almost instantly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then I made out my report in my room, sitting in my trousers and an undershirt in front of the open window. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I should have preferred writing my report, instead of communicating it by word of mouth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In about an hour they returned and reported deep water through the passage as well as far into the little basin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Arriving at Columbus on the 16th I reported by telegraph: Your dispatch from Cairo of the 3d directing me to report from Cairo was received at 11. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Schofield's loss, as officially reported, was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded, and 1,104 captured and missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the following year Davy reported other chemical changes produced by electricity; he had succeeded in decomposing the fixed alkalis and disc overing the elements potassium and sodium. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr. Lennox wondered how his brother, the Captain, could have reported her as having lost all her good looks. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Such was the conversation, inside the study, as reported to me by Mr. Jeffco. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This was done with effect, as is proved by the Confederate reports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I saw flashes of the rifles and heard the reports. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Orders were given to all the commanders engaged at Shiloh to send in their reports without delay to department headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Since the Juries made their Reports, the development of cheap literature has been greatly extended. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She never disseminated really malignant or dangerous reports. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In short--I am reporting my own conversation--you may be sure I had all the good sense on my side. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I received the Colonel's letters, periodically reporting himself a living man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- German submarines were actively engaged in trying to torpedo these monitors and the British monoplane was useful for giving the range to the ship and reporting the accuracy of the shots. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison was sent to England to make the demonstration, in 1873, reporting there to Col. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The narrative tells of his coming to New York in 1869, and immediately plunging into the business of gold and stock reporting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The action of the pointer in reporting the vibrations of a diaphragm is easily understood by reference to a tuning fork. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Psyche