report
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Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin reportāre, from re- + portāre.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th-18th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
- ‘I was never purposed to do such evyll dedes, and that I reporte me unto God.’
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
- (transitive) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
- For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19th c.]
- If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19th c.]
- (intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19th c.]
- Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.
- (intransitive) To be accountable.
- The financial director reports to the CEO.
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Translations [edit]
to relate details of
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to notify formally
to be accountable
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to write news reports
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military: to appear or present oneself
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Noun [edit]
report (plural reports)
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone.
- A report by the telecommunications ministry showed that the phone network has a severe capacity problem.
- 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, Guardian:
- Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
- (ballistics) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
- While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ...a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
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Translations [edit]
information describing events
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(ballistics) the sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion
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Noun [edit]
report m (plural reports)
