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report Definition

re·port (ri pôrt′)

transitive verb

  1. to give an account of, often at regular intervals; give information about (something seen, done, etc.); recount
  2. to carry and repeat (a message, etc.)
  3. to write an account of for presentation to others or for publication, as in a newspaper
  4. to make known the presence, approach, etc. of to report strange aircraft overhead
  5. to give a formal statement or official account of; announce formally (the results of an investigation, etc.)
  6. to present or return (something referred for study, action, etc.) with the conclusions reached or recommendations made: often with out the committee reported the bill out
  7. to make a charge about (something) or against (someone) to a person in authority to report a rudeness, to report a thief

Etymology: ME reporten < OFr reporter, to carry back < L reportare < re-, back + portare, to carry: see port

intransitive verb

  1. to make a report
  2. to work as a reporter
  3. to present oneself or make one's presence known to report for duty
  4. to be responsible or subordinate (to a superior)

noun

  1. rumor; gossip; common talk report has it that you will resign
  2. reputation a person of good report
  3. a statement or account brought in and presented, often for publication a report of a battle
  4. a formal or official presentation of facts or of the record of some proceedings, an investigation, etc.
  5. a loud, resounding noise, esp. one made by an explosion
  6. Law
    1. a formal account or record of a court case, decision, etc.
    2. the official records, published periodically, of court cases, decisions, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr < the v.

report Related Forms
re·port′·able adjective
report Synonyms

report

n.

  1. A transmitted account

    description, statement, story, rumor, tale, narration, narrative, announcement, article, paper, wire, cable, telegram, recital, broadcast; see also exposition 2, news 1, 2, story.

  2. An official summary

    pronouncement, statement, proclamation, address, résumé, précis, outline, brief, digest, opinion, release, bulletin, write-up*; see also record 1, summary.

    Types of reports include: bank statement, account statement, case study, press release, bulletin, notice, dispatch, communiqué, court decision, inventory, treasurer's report, annual report, census report, brief, proceedings, news report, broadcast, telecast, special report.

  3. A loud, explosive sound

    detonation, bang, blast, shot; see noise 1.

report Synonyms

report

v.

  1. To deliver information

    describe, recount, narrate, provide details, give an account, write an account, detail, set forth, inform, advise, communicate, retail, relay, wire, cable, telephone, radio, broadcast, notify, relate, tell, state, recite; see also tell 1.

  2. To make a summary statement

    summarize, publish, proclaim, announce, enunciate, promulgate, make known, list, itemize, account for, give the facts, write up, present a paper, read an address.

  3. To present oneself

    be at hand, arrive, come, get to, reach, show up, check in, account for oneself; see also arrive 1.

  4. To record

    take minutes, inscribe, note down; see record 1.

report Usage Examples

Object

  • incident: Nobody else seems to have reported the incident of the Air Force men taking readings.

Converse of object

  • publish: The Commission publishes an Annual report which lists the projects for which the Commission has submitted advice to the Government.
  • prepare: The review report is based on a more detailed report prepared by Herman Kok, a Researcher at ICSC Europe.
  • submit: Assessment bodies carry out the audits and submit reports and recommendations to the SIA.
  • produce: QCA will produce a further fuller report in December 2001.
  • write: Medical reports written by any other doctor who has never been involved in treating you are not covered by this legislation.
  • receive: The Board receive regular reports on the performance of the portfolio.

Preposition: on

  • progress: These discussions are of course confidential and we simply cannot report on the progress of these until each negotiation has been completed.

Adjective modifier

  • annual: Secondly, an annual report should be given to Parliament on the work of the HA traffic officers.
  • final: Sir Gareth Roberts ' final report was published on 15 April.
  • interim: The most important UK research completed since the BMA's interim report is listed below.
  • full: You can hear a full report of our plans at the AGM in Stirling on 3rd July 2002.
  • recent: Some students may join low-paid workers, who, according to a recent news report have begun to seek shelter in the hostels.
  • written: Once every term, you should have a meeting with tutors and/or a written report about your progress over the course of the term.

Modifies a noun

  • writing: Practice in skills, particularly information gathering, word processing, report writing, and design and display techniques.

Noun used with modifier

  • progress: Please see the attached Progress report for more specific data per site.
  • summary: A summary report of a university research project report on " Criteria for Environmentally Responsible Tourism " has been published.
  • inspection: Ask to see the provider's registration certificate, insurance certificate, inspection report and written policy statements.
  • audit: The 1998 audit report by ROSPA had helped to provide some bench marking on health and safety performance.
  • newspaper: A newspaper report was later written and it sparked an international sensation which sparked off many more sightings.
report Quotes

Could Hamlet have been written bya committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the NewTestament have been composed as a conference report?

—Griswold, Alfred Whitney

A good report maketh the bones fat.

—Bible (Old Testament)

I have always felt that whatever Divine Providence permitted to occur I was not too proud to report.

—Dana, Charles Anderson

The news is not a mirror of social conditions, but the report of an aspect that has obtruded itself.

—Lippmann,Walter

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

—Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Ich kann nur berichten, was ich weiÞ. I can only report on what I know.

—Frisch, Max Rudolph

Don't report what he says, report what he means.

—Anonymous

The controversy over freedom of speech and of the press is at the bottom a controversy over the desirability, or otherwise, of telling lies.What is really at issue is the right to report events truthfully, or as truthfully as is consistent with the ignorance, bias and self-deception from which every observer necessarily suffers.

—Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the L revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely hehath borne ourgriefs, and carried our sorrows.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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