Meaning & use

record

noun·Everyday

Information kept in permanent form for future reference.

See it in a sentence

The hospital keeps a detailed record of every patient's treatment history.

She broke the school record for the fastest mile ever run.

A note on using this word

The stress shifts for the verb sense, meaning to set something down in permanent form, as in 'to record a conversation.'

Words with a similar meaning

logaccount

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To set down information in writing or another permanent form for later reference.

The clerk recorded every transaction in a separate ledger.

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