RECORD
{ ri-kord }

Record

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RECORD, v. { ri-kord } [ 1 ] To take notes, make transcriptions, draw images, etc. of the actions and words in ( an event ) — To record testimony in writing. [ 2 ] ( of an instrument ) to measure and keep ( information ) — The balloons record the temperature and pressure at different heights. [ 3 ] To create a file or tape in which the audio or visual aspects of ( an event, person, etc. ) are preserved and can be heard or listened to later — To record a baby’s first steps / To record a meeting using a tape recorder / Okay, I’m recording! Do something silly for the camera. / The country singer told the reporter she was recording her new album. [ 4 ] To achieve, experience or undergo ( something notable ), especially in sports — The team recorded its fifth straight win. / Our town recorded record snowfall totals that winter. [ 5 ] legal – To officially file ( a document ) at a government office, thereby making it valid — To record a deed. { Expression } [ 1 ] ( Chronicle ) To record a deed. [ 2 ] To have a copy of ( a deed ) in office records for the information of the public.

There was an astonishing lack of blood at the scene despite death being officially recorded as due to a severed artery. [ London Evening Standard ] The diary records his impressions of these famous personalities. [ Wikipedia ] Since 1979, the survey has recorded the huge changes in the population of Britain’s birds. [ The Guardian ] In the 2004/2005 financial year, police in the Derry area recorded 651 incidents of domestic violence. [ Belfast Telegraph ] The sufferings recorded in the diary recovered from his frozen body elevated him at once to the rank of national hero. [ The Telegraph ] Our members observed and recorded millions of human-fungus interactions over a period of two centuries. [ The Economist ]

There was an astonishing lack of blood at the scene despite death being officially recorded as due to a severed artery. [ London Evening Standard ] The diary records his impressions of these famous personalities. [ Wikipedia ] Since 1979, the survey has recorded the huge changes in the population of Britain’s birds. [ The Guardian ] In the 2004/2005 financial year, police in the Derry area recorded 651 incidents of domestic violence. [ Belfast Telegraph ] The sufferings recorded in the diary recovered from his frozen body elevated him at once to the rank of national hero. [ The Telegraph ] Our members observed and recorded millions of human-fungus interactions over a period of two centuries. [ The Economist ]

From Classical Latin recordari ‘to remember, be able to report’, divisible into re-, ‘again’, and cordis, genitive of cor, ‘heart ( as the metaphoric location of memory )’.