report

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a short account of the news

   The evening report was more pleasant than usual.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of informing by verbal report

   I heard reports that they were causing trouble.

3. 3
   noun

   a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment

   Their parents signed their report card.

4. 4
   noun

   a sharp explosive sound, especially the sound of a gun firing

   The gun's report was heard all throughout the neighborhood.

5. 5
   verb

   make known to the authorities

   One student reported the other to the principal

6. 6
   verb

   announce one's presence

   I report to work every day at 9 o'clock

7. 7
   verb

   announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding

   Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city

8. 8
   verb

   be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

   Snow reported on China in the 1950's

Etymology

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