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Meaning of record

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  record
      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: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
         groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a
         phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: {phonograph
         record}, {phonograph recording}, {record}, {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"; "the track record shows that he will be a good
         president" [syn: {record}, {track 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 record books" [syn: {record}, {record
         book}, {book}]
      6: 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"
      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},
         {record}]
      v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn:
           {record}, {enter}, {put down}]
      2: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn:
         {record}, {tape}] [ant: {delete}, {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}, {record}]
      4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the
         button?" [syn: {record}, {register}]
      5: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This
         sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration
         camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: {commemorate},
         {memorialize}, {memorialise}, {immortalize}, {immortalise},
         {record}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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