self-report

American  

[self-ri-pawrt] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈpɔrt /

verb

self-reported, self-reporting

1. to report or give an account of (one's own actions, problems, feelings, etc.).

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adjective

1. relating to, used in, or obtained through a process in which people or organizations report on their own actions, problems, feelings, etc.

noun

• self-reports
  plural

1. a report made by a person or organization about their own actions, problems, feelings, etc., especially in a data-gathering context for psychological or social science research; the act of making such a report.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-reported
  adjective
• self-reportedly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• self-reports
  plural

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Example Sentences

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self-report self-reports self-reported self-reporting

The Southern Section cannot make personnel changes when a school violates rules, but it can prevent teams from playing in the playoffs if schools don’t self-report violations and decline to take action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“We’d still be relying on the platforms to define their own rules, apply their own models and self-report their outcomes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

"Serious questions need to be asked about how, if trusts are unable to accurately self-report compliance, how satisfied can we be that similar misreporting is not commonplace in other areas of self-reporting."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

The EPA methane estimate for landfills uses the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which requires high-emitting facilities to self-report their emissions annually.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

Bed availability for each facility can be checked at sheltermespokane.com, though providers self-report their capacity and in many cases, their figures have not been recently updated.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

This doesn’t prove they are conscious, but it shows these self-reports track the model’s truth-telling mechanisms, not random outputs the model learned to parrot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into Windermere were "potentially non-compliant" but that it self-reports "over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the Environment Agency".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

This data included self-reports from more than 31,000 women, 4,184 who underwent tubal sterilization.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024

Each participant provided self-reports of their diets and weights every four years.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

The study was based on daily self-reports and did not factor in COVID-19 variants or participants’ demographics, according to Zoe Health.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022

At sea, these programs often rely on self-reported information from ship captains rather than having auditors inspect vessels offshore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Afterward, each participant receives a “Super Age,” a number based on their performance that day and their self-reported lifestyle habits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In part, that is because self-reported sleep measures often show poor correlation with objective assessments, making it difficult to capture real-world sleep patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Since 2016, we’ve recruited 20,000 people that have applied for membership in the party,” Sims told me, though the party has long suffered from overstatement when it comes to self-reported membership numbers.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Another Harvard survey shows young adults under 25 self-reporting anxiety at double the rate of teenagers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The ratings are also “vulnerable to self-reporting bias,” they add.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

The scientific literature on the issue, however, is scant—just a few studies, the largest of which relied on hemorrhoid self-reporting rather than evaluations, which makes the results less reliable.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025

Earlier this week, Bishop Montgomery announced it was forfeiting its remaining football games after self-reporting violations to the Southern Section.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

The "self-reporting" system was the hobby of this man.

From The Evolution of Dodd by William Hawley Smith

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