record (
http://definr.com/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: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;
"at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
3: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever
attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record";
"coffee production last year broke all previous records";
"Chicago set the homicide record"
4: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph
record},
phonograph recording,
disk,
disc,
platter]
5: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a
good record" [syn:
track record]
6: 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}]
7: 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]
8: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a
transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
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,
immortalise]