re·cord (r?-kôrd?)v. re·cord·ed, re·cord·ing, re·cords v.tr.1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form: She recorded her thoughts in a diary.2. To register or indicate: The clerk recorded the votes.3. a. To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium.b. To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something): recorded the oldest townspeople on tape; recorded the violin concerto.v.intr. To record something.n. rec·ord (r?k??rd)1. a. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.b. Something on which such an account is based.c. Something that records: a fossil record.2. Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved: the coldest day on record.3. The known history of performance, activities, or achievement: your academic record; hampered by a police record.4. An unsurpassed measurement: a world record in weightlifting; a record for cold weather.5. Computers A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.6. Law A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive.7. a. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.b. A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind.Idioms: go on record To embrace a certain position publicly: go on record in favor of the mayor’s reelection. off the record Not for publication: The senator told the reporters that his remarks were strictly off the record. on record Known to have been stated or to have taken a certain position: The senator’s opposition to the new legislation is on record.[Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, from Latin record?r?, to remember : re-, re- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.record n 1. an account in permanent form, esp in writing, preserving knowledge or information about facts or events 2. (Law) a written account of some transaction that serves as legal evidence of the transaction 3. (Law) a written official report of the proceedings of a court of justice or legislative body, including the judgments given or enactments made 4. anything serving as evidence or as a memorial: the First World War is a record of human folly. 5. (often plural) information or data on a specific subject collected methodically over a long period: weather records. 6. a. the best or most outstanding amount, rate, height, etc, ever attained, as in some field of sport: an Olympic record; a world record; to break the record for the long jump. b. (as modifier): a record time. 7. the sum of one’s recognized achievements, career, or performance: the officer has an excellent record. 8. (Law) a list of crimes of which an accused person has previously been convicted, which are known to the police but may only be disclosed to a court in certain circumstances 9. (Law) have a record to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions 10. (Electronics) Also called: gramophone record or disc a thin disc of a plastic material upon which sound has been recorded. Each side has a spiral groove, which undulates in accordance with the frequency and amplitude of the sound. Records were formerly made from a shellac-based compound but were later made from vinyl plastics 11. the markings made by a recording instrument such as a seismograph 12. (Computer Science) computing a group of data or piece of information preserved as a unit in machine-readable form 13. (Computer Science) (in some computer languages) a data structure designed to allow the handling of groups of related pieces of information as though the group were a single entity 14. for the record for the sake of a strict factual account 15. go on record to state one’s views publicly 16. See off the record 17. on record a. stated in a public document b. publicly known 18. put the record straight set the record straight to correct an error or misunderstanding vb (mainly tr) 19. to set down in some permanent form so as to preserve the true facts of: to record the minutes of a meeting. 20. to contain or serve to relate (facts, information, etc)21. to indicate, show, or register: his face recorded his disappointment. 22. to remain as or afford evidence of: these ruins record the life of the Romans in Britain. 23. (Electronics) (also intr) to make a recording of (music, speech, etc) for reproduction, or for later broadcasting24. (General Physics) (also intr) (of an instrument) to register or indicate (information) on a scale: the barometer recorded a low pressure. [C13: from Old French recorder to call to mind, from Latin record?r? to remember, from re- + cor heart] re?cordable adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014re?cord (v. r??k?rd; n., adj. ?r?k ?rd) v.t. 1. to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence. 2. to cause to be set down or registered: to record one’s vote. 3. to state or indicate, so as to be noted. 4. to serve to tell of: The diary records two secret meetings. 5. to set down, register, or fix by characteristic marks, incisions, magnetism, etc., for the purpose of reproduction by a phonograph or magnetic reproducer. 6. to make a recording of. v.i. 7. to record something; make a record. n. 8. an account in writing or the like preserving the memory or knowledge of facts or events. 9. information or knowledge preserved in writing or the like. 10. a report, list, or aggregate of actions or achievements: a fine sailing record. 11. a legally documented history of criminal activity: All the suspects had records. 12. something or someone serving as a remembrance; memorial. 13. something on which sound or images have been recorded for subsequent reproduction, as a grooved disk that is played on a phonograph or an optical disc for recording sound or images; recording. Compare compact disc. 14. the standing of a team or individual with respect to contests won, lost, and tied. 15. a group of related fields treated as a unit in a database. 16. an official written report of proceedings of a court of justice. adj. 17. making or affording a record. 18. surpassing or superior to all others: a record year for sales. Idioms: 1. for the record, meant for publication or dissemination. 2. off the record, not for publication; unofficial. 3. on record, a. existing as a matter of public knowledge; known. b. existing in a publication, document, file, etc. c. having stated one’s opinion or position publicly. rec?ord rec?ord [1175?1225; (v.)