record

Noun

• 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
    

• a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
  • they could find no record of the purchase
    

• 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
    

• a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
  • Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'
    
  • his name is in all the record books
    

• the sum of recognized accomplishments
  • the lawyer has a good record
    
  • the track record shows that he will be a good president
    

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

• sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

• 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
    

Verb

• be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  • This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
    
  • We memorialized the Dead
    

• be aware of
  • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
    

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
    
  • The gauge read `empty'
    

• register electronically
  • They recorded her singing
    

• make a record of; set down in permanent form

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  criminal record , record book , book , track record , phonograph record , phonograph recording , disk , disc , platter , commemorate , memorialize , memorialise , immortalize , immortalise , register , read , show , tape , enter , put down
• Antonyms: 
  erase , delete