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.
Idioms about report
on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.
Origin of report
1Other words for report
1 | description, story |
2 | bulletin, dispatch |
5 | shot, detonation |
11, 12 | relay |
15 | accuse |
20 | narrate, rehearse, recount, describe, detail, repeat |
Other words from report
- re·port·a·ble, adjective
- non·re·port·a·ble, adjective
- non·re·port·ed, adjective
- o·ver·re·port, verb
- pre·re·port, noun, verb
- qua·si-re·port·ed, adjective
- sub·re·port, noun
- un·re·port·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·port·ed, adjective
- well-re·port·ed, adjective
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How to use report in a sentence
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDuke was a state representative whose neo-Nazi alliances were disgorged in media reports during his run for governor in 1991.
Reports of the “end of men,”turns out, have been greatly exaggerated.
Few reports of his mental illness discuss lead poisoning as a possible reason for his mental deterioration.
Wrestler Mark Schultz Hates the ‘Sickening and Insulting Lies’ of ‘Foxcatcher’ | Rich Goldstein | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThese are obtained easily, whence follow the sinister reports that they give your Majesty, to the harm of the public welfare.
He was thrashed at school before the Jews and the hubshi, for the heinous crime of bringing home false reports of progress.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingIn France these reports would have been impersonal messages arriving from afar.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe Bulletin contains also all reports prepared for the various Sessions of the Congress and minutes of the discussions.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for report
/ (rɪˈpɔːt) /
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; rumour: according to report, he is not dead
an account of the deliberations of a committee, body, etc: a 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; reputation: he 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 superior: I'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 purpose: report 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 of: the 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
Origin of report
1Derived forms of report
- reportable, adjective
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