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Overview of noun record

The noun record has 8 senses? (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (26) record

(anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")

2. (23) phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter


3. (7) record

(the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league")

4. (6) record, track record


5. (3) record, record book, book


6. (3) record

(an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record")

7. (1) record


8. criminal record, record

(a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long")

Overview of verb record

The verb record has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (34) record, enter, put down

(make a record of; set down in permanent form)

2. (9) record, tape

(register electronically; "They recorded her singing")

3. (4) read, register, show, record


4. record, register

(be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?")

5. commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record

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