## Meanings
1. A spoken or written account of something, especially news or the results of research.
2. To give an account of something you have seen, learned, or investigated.
3. To tell the authorities about something, especially a crime or problem.
4. To go somewhere and tell someone you have arrived, especially for work or duty.

## Examples
- The news report described the storm damage.
- The journalist reported on the elections.
- She reported the theft to the police.
- New employees should report to the front desk at 9 a.m.

## Derived Forms
- aforereported
- coreport
- misreport
- outreport
- overreport
- reportability
- reportable
- reportative
- reportee
- reporter
- reportorial
- rereport

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per- (fare)
- Root: reporten
- Root: reporter
- Root: reporto

## Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.

## AI Etymology
Report comes from Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre. Modern senses include a spoken or written account of something, especially news or the results of research. and to give an account of something you have seen, learned, or investigated.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as aforereported, coreport, misreport, outreport, overreport, and reportability.

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- Media & Publishing

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