report
- an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- a statement or announcement.
- a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.
- an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., especially as taken down for publication.
- a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.
- a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.
- Computers. output, especially printed, containing organized information.
- a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.
- reports, Law. a collection of adjudications.
- repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.
- to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.
- to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.
- to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.
- to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often followed by out): The committee reported out the bill.
- to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.
- to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.
- to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.
- to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.
- to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.
- to relate or tell.
- to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.
- to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.
- to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.
- to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.
- on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.
Origin of report
Synonyms for report
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for reported
noted, rumored, described, expressed, said, broadcast, reputed, recounted, recited, believed, revealed, communicatedExamples from the Web for reported
Contemporary Examples of reported
Politico has reported that some Republican donors see Scalise as damaged goods.
At least two people were injured in the explosion but no fatalities have been reported.
Lalo said he reported the kidnapping to his ICE handlers, which was confirmed by a former federal agent familiar with the case.
The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.
In the wake of this turmoil, the New York Post reported that the police had stopped policing.
Historical Examples of reported
He had also reported that Mark's place was to be held open for him by his employers.
Ester Ried Yet SpeakingIsabella Alden
The squadron retired at once, and reported the state of affairs.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
"Hema tayiari," reported Simba, reaching his hand for the light rifle.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
The new askari headman, Jack, had reported pridefully to Kingozi.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
The only mitigating feature of the business was that the matter to be reported was only a concert.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
report
- an account prepared for the benefit of others, esp one that provides information obtained through investigation and published in a newspaper or broadcast
- a statement made widely known; rumouraccording to report, he is not dead
- an account of the deliberations of a committee, body, etca report of parliamentary proceedings
- British a statement on the progress, academic achievement, etc, of each child in a school, written by teachers and sent to the parents or guardian annually or each term
- a written account of a case decided at law, giving the main points of the argument on each side, the court's findings, and the decision reached
- comment on a person's character or actions; reputationhe is of good report here
- a sharp loud noise, esp one made by a gun
- to give an account (of); describe
- to give an account of the results of an investigation (into)to report on housing conditions
- (of a committee, legislative body, etc) to make a formal report on (a bill)
- (tr) to complain about (a person), esp to a superiorI'll report you to the teacher
- (tr) to reveal information about (a fugitive, escaped prisoner, etc) esp concerning his whereabouts
- (intr) to present oneself or be present at an appointed place or for a specific purposereport to the manager's office
- (intr) to say or show that one is (in a certain state)to report fit
- (intr foll by to) to be responsible to and under the authority ofthe plant manager reports to the production controller
- (intr) to act as a reporter for a newspaper or for radio or television
- law to take down in writing details of (the proceedings of a court of law) as a record or for publication
Word Origin for report
Word Origin and History for reported
"according to report," 1812, past participle adjective from report (v.). Related: Reportedly.
report
late 14c., "an account brought by one person to another, rumor," from Old French report "pronouncement, judgment" (Modern French rapport), from reporter "to tell, relate" (see report (v.)).
Meaning "resounding noise, sound of an explosion" is from 1580s. Meaning "formal statement of results of an investigation" first attested 1660s; sense of "teacher's official statement of a pupil's work and behavior" is from 1873 (report card in the school sense first attested 1919).
report
late 14c., "to make known, tell, relate," from Old French reporter "to tell, relate; bring back, carry away, hand over," from Latin reportare "carry back, bear back, bring back," figuratively "report," in Medieval Latin "write (an account) for information or record," from re- "back" (see re-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Early 15c. as "to submit" (to an authority, etc.). Meaning "to name someone as having offended somehow" is from 1885. Related: Reported; reporting.