Record

Quick meaning: Record is a noun meaning An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

Meaning

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
2. (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
3. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
4. (attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
5. (transitive) To make a record of information.
6. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
7. (programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

Example Sentences

I still like records better than CDs.

My remarks were struck from the record.

We have no record of you making this payment to us.

Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?

Word Forms

• records
• recording
• recorded

Synonyms for record

Depending on context, synonyms include log, disc, vinyl, record-breaking, record-setting, show.

Antonyms for record

Common opposites include erase, delete.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include book, register, read, disk, disc, show.

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