Meaning of report in English
Verb
reportEtymology
late Middle English: from Old French reporter (verb), report (noun), from Latin reportare‘bring back’, from re-‘back’ + portare‘carry’. The sense ‘give an account’ gave rise to ‘submit a formal report’, hence ‘inform an authority of one's presence’ (report (sense 2 of the verb), mid 19th century) and ‘be accountable to a superior’ (report (sense 3 of the verb), late 19th century)Definitions
1. to give an account or representation of in wordsExamples
- « Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental »
- 2. announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities
Examples
- « Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city »
- « The team reported significant advances in their research »
- 3. announce one's presence
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- « I report to work every day at 9 o'clock »
- 4. make known to the authorities
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- « One student reported the other to the principal »
- 5. be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
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- « Snow reported on China in the 1950's »
- « The cub reporter covered New York City »
- 6. complain about
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- « make a charge against »
- « I reported her to the superviser »
Noun
reportDefinitions
1. a written document describing the findings of some individual or groupExamples
- « this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale »
- 2. a short account of the news
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- « the report of his speech »
- « the story was on the 11 o'clock news »
- « the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious »
- 3. the act of informing by verbal report
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- « he heard reports that they were causing trouble »
- « by all accounts they were a happy couple »
- 4. a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
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- « they heard a violent report followed by silence »
- 5. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
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- « his father signed his report card »
- 6. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
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- « he got an A on his composition »
- 7. the general estimation that the public has for a person
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- « he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing »
- « he was a person of bad report »