Report

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: re=port

CIDE DICTIONARY

Report, v. t. [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.].

•  To refer.  [1913 Webster]

  "Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.  [1913 Webster]

  "There is no man that may reporten all."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.  [1913 Webster]
•  To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.  [1913 Webster]
•  To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.  [1913 Webster]

To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. -- To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Syn. -- To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

Report, v. i. 

•  To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.  [1913 Webster]
•  To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.  [1913 Webster]
•  To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.  [1913 Webster]

Report, n. [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.].

•  That which is reported.  [1913 Webster]

  "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom."  [1913 Webster]

  "Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews."  [1913 Webster]
•  Rapport; relation; connection; reference.  [1913 Webster]

  "The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Report, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. a bring back or give an account of. b state as fact or news, narrate or describe or repeat, esp. as an eyewitness or hearer etc. c relate as spoken by another.
2 tr. make an official or formal statement about.
3 tr. (often foll. by to) name or specify (an offender or offence) (shall report you for insubordination; reported them to the police).
4 intr. (often foll. by to) present oneself to a person as having returned or arrived (report to the manager on arrival).
5 tr. (also absol.) take down word for word or summarize or write a description of for publication.
6 intr. make or draw up or send in a report.
7 intr. (often foll. by to) be responsible (to a superior, supervisor, etc.) (reports directly to the managing director).
8 tr. Parl. (of a committee chairman) announce that the committee has dealt with (a bill).
9 intr. (often foll. by of) give a report to convey that one is well, badly, etc. impressed (reports well of the prospects).
--n.
1 an account given or opinion formally expressed after investigation or consideration.
2 a description, summary, or reproduction of a scene or speech or law case, esp. for newspaper publication or broadcast.
3 common talk; rumour.
4 the way a person or thing is spoken of (I hear a good report of you).
5 a periodical statement on (esp. a school pupil's) work, conduct, etc.
6 the sound of an explosion.

Idiom

report back deliver a report to the person, organization, etc. for whom one acts etc. reported speech the speaker's words with the changes of person, tense, etc. usual in reports, e.g. he said that he would go (opp. direct speech). report progress state what has been done so far. report stage (in the UK) the debate on a bill in the House of Commons or House of Lords after it is reported.

Derivative

reportable adj. reportedly adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF reporter f. L reportare (as RE-, portare bring)

THESAURUS

Report

Agnus Dei, Benedicite, Gloria, Gloria Patri, Gloria in Excelsis, Introit, Magnificat, Miserere, Nunc Dimittis, PR, Te Deum, Trisagion, Vedic hymn, accidental, acclaim, account, account rendered, accounting, accuse, acquaint, acquaintance, act on, acta, advertise, advertise of, advice, advise, affirm, allege, allegorize, alleluia, analysis, announce, announcement, annual, annunciate, annunciation, answer, anthem, antiphon, antiphony, appear, apprise, approval, arraign, arrive, article, backfire, ballyhoo, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, blue book, blurb, book, book review, boom, break the news, breve, brief, briefing, bright light, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bring word, broadcast, bruit, bulletin, bulletin board, burst, buzz, canard, canticle, celebrity, censure, census report, chant, character, charge, chat, chatter, check in, check out, check up on, chitchat, chorale, chronicle, circular, circulate, cite, clock in, come in, comment, commentary, commentation, common knowledge, common talk, communicate, communication, communique, complain, condemn, conversation, convey, cover, crack, critical bibliography, critical journal, critical notice, critical review, criticism, critique, crotchet, cry, currency, data, datum, daylight, declaration, declare, declare roundly, decree, demisemiquaver, denounce, denunciate, describe, description, detail, detonation, directory, dirt, discharge, disclose, dispatch, disseminate, divulge, document, dominant, dominant note, doom, double whole note, doxology, eclat, edict, editorial, eighth note, election returns, encyclical, enharmonic, enharmonic note, enlighten, enlightenment, enunciate, enunciation, evidence, examine, explore, explosion, exposure, fable, fabulize, facts, factual information, fame, familiarization, familiarize, famousness, fasten on, fasten upon, fictionalize, figure, find, find against, find for, finger, flare, flash, flat, flying rumor, fulguration, fulmination, gen, general information, get across, get over, give, give a report, give notice, give the facts, give tidings of, give word, glare, glory, gloss, gossip, grapevine, guidebook, gunfire, gunshot, half note, hallelujah, hand on, handout, hang something on, hard information, hearsay, hemidemisemiquaver, history, hoopla, hosanna, hue and cry, hymn, hymn of praise, hymnody, hymnography, hymnology, idea afloat, impart, impeach, imply, impute, incidental information, indict, info, inform, inform against, inform on, information, inquire into, insinuate, instruct, instruction, intelligence, investigate, issue a manifesto, issue a statement, knowledge, kudos, latrine rumor, laud, lay charges, leader, leading article, leave word, let know, light, limelight, literary criticism, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, look into, make a statement, make an announcement, make known, make public, manifesto, mantra, maximum dissemination, mention, mention to, message, minim, minutes, motet, murmur, musical note, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, name, narrate, narrative, natural, news, news stirring, note, notice, notification, notify, notoriety, notoriousness, novelize, offertory, offertory sentence, on-dit, order, paean, pass, pass along, pass judgment, pass on, pass sentence, patent note, piece, pin on, plug, popularity, position paper, prating, prefer charges, presentation, press charges, press notice, probe, proceedings, proclamation, program, programma, promotional material, promulgate, pronounce, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proof, psalm, psalmody, public eye, public knowledge, public notice, public relations, public report, publication, publicity, publicity story, publicize, publicness, publish, publish a manifesto, puff, put on report, put out, quarter note, quaver, recite, reclame, recognition, record, recount, rehearse, relate, release, remark, render, renown, rep, report for duty, reproach, reputation, repute, research, responding note, response, responsory, retell, return a verdict, returns, reveal, review, romance, roorback, rule, rumble, rumor, running commentary, scandal, scrutinize, scuttlebutt, semibreve, semiquaver, send, send word, sentence, serve notice, set forth, shaped note, share, share with, sharp, shot, sidelight, sign in, signal, sixteenth note, sixty-fourth note, small talk, speak, speech, spiccato, spotlight, staccato, state, statement, storify, story, study, surface, sustained note, take to task, talk, tally, task, tattle, taunt with, tax, tell, tercet, the bubble reputation, the dope, the goods, the know, the record, the scoop, thirty-second note, tidings, tittle-tattle, tone, town talk, transactions, transfer, transmission, transmit, triplet, turn up, twit, ukase, unconfirmed report, utter a judgment, verse, versicle, version, vogue, whisper, whispering, white book, white paper, whole note, word, write up, write-up, yearbook

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Report

Description

N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.

VB describe, set forth, draw a picture, picture, portray, characterize, particularize, narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details, itemize.

Snap

N snap, rapping, decrepitation, crepitation, report, thud, burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley, squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun, implosion, bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms), gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms), whack, wham, pow, rapping, Int, kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!.

Judgment

N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.

VB judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind, deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet, ween, form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try, pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence, doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest, confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review, investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause.

Information

N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.

VB tell, inform, inform of, acquaint, acquaint with, impart, impart to, make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken, transmit, let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known, publish, notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of, let one know, have one to know, give one to understand, give notice, set before, lay before, put before, point out, put into one's head, put one in possession of, instruct, direct the attention to, announce, annunciate, report, report progress, bringword, send word, leave word, write word, telegraph, telephone, wire, retail, render an account, give an account, state, let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest, disclose, show cause, explain, hint, given an inkling of, give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, glance at, tip the wink, suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe, whisper, whisper in the ear, give a bit of one's mind, tell one plainly, tell once for all, speak volumes, undeceive, unbeguile, set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of, be informed of, know, learn, get scent of, get wind of, gather from, awaken to, open one's eyes to, become alive, become awake to, hear, overhear, understand, come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge, reach one's ears.

Publication

N publication, public announcement, promulgation, propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento, circulation, indiction, edition, hue and cry, publicity, notoriety, currency, flagrancy, cry, bruit, hype, vox populi, report, the Press, public press, newspaper, journal, gazette, daily, telegraphy, publisher, imprint, circular, circular letter, manifesto, advertisement, ad, placard, bill, affiche, broadside, poster, notice, published, current, in circulation, public, notorious, flagrant, arrant, open, trumpet-tongued, encyclical, encyclic, promulgatory, exoteric, publicly, in open court, with open doors, Int, Oyez!, O yes!, notice!, notice is hereby given, this is to give, these are to give notice, nomina stultorum parietibus haerent, semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum.

News

N news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

Record

VB record, put on record, place on record, chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity, keep up the memory, commemorate, report, write, commit to writing, reduce to writing, put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white, put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down, note, minute, put on paper, take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum, make a return, mark, sign, enter, book, post, post up, insert, make an entry of, mark off, tick off, register, enroll, inscroll, file, burn into memory, carve in stone.