# record

Pronunciation: US say "ri-KORD" /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/; UK say "ri-KAWD" /ɹɪˈkɔːd/

## Verb

1. To set down information so that it is preserved for future reference, including entering it in an official public register.
   - Simple: To write down or store information so it can be used later, including entering it in an official register.
   - _Historians record events as accurately as the sources allow._
   - _The committee recorded each decision in the minutes._
5. To capture sound, images, or video on a medium so they can be played back or viewed later; also, of sound or images, to be captured in this way.
   - Simple: To store sound or images so they can be played or watched later, or to be stored this way.
   - _The engineers record straight to digital now._
   - _She presses one button and the device records._

## Noun

2. An account of facts or events kept in writing or another lasting form so that it can be referred to later; also, the whole body of such evidence, as in the historical or fossil record. (pronounced: US say "REK-urd" /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/; UK say "REK-awd" /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/)
   - Simple: Written or stored information about facts or events, kept so people can look at it later.
   - _Census records from the 1800s are stored in climate-controlled archives._
   - _Each parish kept a record of births, marriages, and deaths._
3. A set of related data fields treated as a single unit, such as one entry in a database or a grouped data structure in a program. (pronounced: US say "REK-urd" /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/; UK say "REK-awd" /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/)
   - Simple: A group of related pieces of data stored and handled as one unit.
   - _The database stores one record per registered user._
   - _Each record contains fields for name, date, and status._
4. The highest or most extreme value yet reached for something, especially a top performance in a competitive event. (pronounced: US say "REK-urd" /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/; UK say "REK-awd" /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/)
   - Simple: The highest, lowest, or most extreme result reached so far, especially the best result in a sport or contest.
   - _The swimmer set a new record at the national championships._
   - _Their fundraising total smashed the previous record._
6. Short for phonograph record: a flat round disc, usually vinyl, that stores sound for playback on a record player. — Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). (pronounced: US say "REK-urd" /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/; UK say "REK-awd" /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/)
   - Simple: Short for phonograph record. It means a round disc that plays music.
   - _Collectors pay high prices for a rare vinyl record._
   - _He dropped the needle onto the spinning record._
8. What is known about how a person or thing has behaved or performed up to now.
   - Simple: The facts people know about how someone or something has acted or done in the past.
   - _The senator's voting record on taxes became a major issue in the campaign._
   - _Given the company's record of late deliveries, we chose another supplier._

## Adjective

Pronunciation: US say "REK-urd" /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/; UK say "REK-awd" /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/

7. Surpassing all previous instances in amount or degree, whether high or low; extreme enough to set a new record.
   - Simple: Higher, lower, or more extreme than ever before, so that it sets a new record.
   - _The company posted record profits for the third quarter._
   - _Attendance reached record levels at the festival._

## Verb

9. To sing a melody, or to go over it again in song. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To sing a tune, or to sing it again.
10. To repeat something, or to practice it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To say or do something again and again in order to learn it.
11. To reflect or ponder. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To think carefully about something, or reflect on it.

## Origin

**Meanings 2–4, 6–8** — Old French had record, formed from the verb recorder (see the verb record), and Middle English borrowed it as recorde.
**Meanings 1, 5, 9–11** — Latin recordārī ("remember, call to mind"), made of re- ("back, again") and cor ("heart, mind"), became Old French recorder ("to get by heart"). Middle English borrowed that verb as recorden ("to repeat, to report").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/record (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).