record
verb (used with object)
to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
records
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pluralof record.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof record (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
recordverb (used with object)to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
Example Sentences
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Kanin’s attorneys argue the disbursement delay was caused by incomplete records and due diligence concerns — worries further snarled by the so-called slayer statute barring Californians from inheriting from people they have killed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The detector repeatedly records more baryons than antibaryons emerging sideways from the collisions, perpendicular to the direction of the incoming beams.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Land Registry records show the site has been divided up and sold to several owners.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The two chatbots got the diagnoses right in 13% and 10% of cases, respectively, compared with 5.6% of cases that doctors had diagnosed through a review of patients’ medical records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But for the most part, there are only fragments and scraps of public records of the lives of people like Isaac Granger—beyond the remarkable but incomplete account he gave Charles Campbell.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
