record
adj : best of its kind on record; "in record time" [syn: {record(a)}]
n 1: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a
photograph) providing permanent evidence of or
information about past events; "the film provided a
valuable record of stage techniques"
2: a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce
music by rotating as a phonograph needle tracked in the
grooves [syn: {phonograph record}, {phonograph recording},
{disk}, {disc}, {platter}]
3: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;
"at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
4: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a
good record"
5: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or
someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the
record'"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" [syn: {recordbook},
{book}]
6: the best performance ever attained in a sport; "he broke the
Olympic record"
7: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a
transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
8: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been
previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record
of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court";
"the prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: {criminal
record}]
v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: {enter},
{put down}]
2: register electronically [syn: {tape}] [ant: {erase}]
3: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The
gauge read `empty'" [syn: {read}, {register}, {show}]
4: be aware of [syn: {register}]
5: be a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture
commemorates the victims of the concentration camps" [syn:
{commemorate}, {memorialize}, {immortalize}]