record

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To store sound, video, or information so it can be used later.

   They recorded our singing on a phone.

2. 2
   noun

   A written or stored account of facts or past events.

   They could find no record of the purchase.

3. 3
   noun

   The known facts about a person's or team's past performance.

   At 9-0 they have the best record in their league.

4. 4
   noun

   An official list of crimes someone has been convicted of.

   The judge ruled that the defendant's criminal record could not be disclosed.

Common collocations

• world record Adjective + noun
• break a record Verb + noun
• record a video Verb + noun
• record music Verb + noun
• criminal record Adjective + noun
• hold a record Verb + noun
• keep a record Verb + noun
• record a win Verb + noun
• set a record Verb + noun
• safety record Adjective + noun

From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

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