record
/ˈɹɛk.ɚd/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
noun
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
noun
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
Informal
noun
A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
noun
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.
Example Sentences
- "The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes."
- "The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime."
- "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record."
- "We have no record of you making this payment to us."
- "My remarks were struck from the record."
- "I still like records better than CDs."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/
- British English: /ˈɹɛk.ɔːd/