reportn.
/rᵻˈpɔːt/, U.S. /rəˈpɔrt/, /riˈpɔrt/ I. Information provided or conveyed, and related senses.† 3. The act of saying or uttering. Cf. report v. 5a. Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. An account of a situation, event, etc., brought by one person to another, esp. as the result of an investigation; a piece of information or intelligence provided by an emissary, official investigator, etc.; a notification of something observed.In Middle English use also without article.Attested earliest in to make report vb. at Phrases.
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society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report
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reporta1425
instruction1425
rehearsal?a1439
rapport1454
estatec1475
reportationc1475
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remonstrancea1533
account1561
state1565
credit1569
referendary1581
delivery1592
tell1743
compte rendu1822
rundown1943
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of
tokenOE
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a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxii Euerychone shall sey his reporte to þe lorde of þat þei haue done and y-founde.
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 91 (MED) Þe hunter..may turne agayne to þe gaderyng and make hem repoort.
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 5620 (MED) Gwynet made noo tariyng But bare the report with glad tithing.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxix. f. xxxi After report to hym brought of the said Espyes, that the countre was fertyll and ryche.
1547 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) IV. 168 Assured I am by the reaport of spiall that [etc.].
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 35 A report, that the streights of Magellan were unrepassable.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 869 This report, These tidings carrie to th'anointed King. View more context for this quotation
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 25 'Tis greatly wise to..Ask them, what report they bore to Heaven.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 855 They..speak in ears That hear not or receive not their report.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) xi. 120 The messengers appeared..and delivered in their report, which was brief enough.
1873 L. Wallace Fair God v. vii. 303 Thanks are not enough, lord Hualpa, for the report you bring.
1915 Atlantic Reporter 91 246/1 The conductor immediately informed an usher that there was a report that a passenger had fallen off at the north Philadelphia station.
1960 T. Thayer Nathanael Greene viii. 193 A report that a large section of the British Army had been sighted heading northward at some distance beyond the American right flank.
2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game ix. 63 Did the Emergency Service guy radio a situation report?
b. In a legislative assembly: an account of the consideration of a bill, etc., given by a committee appointed to examine it and suggest amendments, (now) typically after the bill has been read and debated; (also British Parliament) = report stage n. at Compounds 2.In the British Parliament, a bill is examined by committee after its second reading, and the report of the committee is made immediately before the third reading.Beveridge, minority report: see first element.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > state, government, or parliamentary papers > [noun] > report of parliamentary committee
report?1576
committee report1837
?1576 A. Hall Let. touchyng Priuate Quarell sig. ev The committees laboring in vaine, deferre the cause to the iudgement of the house, yet such billes were in hand, as there was no conuenient time to make the report.
1628 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 26 May 129 The report now made to be brought in writing by the reporters to morrow morning.
1724 (title) The Report of the Committee of the Lords of..Privy-Council..relating to Mr. Wood's Half-pence.
1794 Pet. J. Marshall 4 The report of the committee relative to the commission being then again read over, a motion was made.
1855 Deb. & Proc. Congr. U.S. 47/2 The report and bill were read, and passed to the second reading.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 July 11/2 When the bill came down to the House..it should be merely subjected to what is called report—that is, the intermediate stage between the second and third reading.
1927 A. C. McCown Congress. Conf. Comm. iv. 54 When one vote not only adopts the report of the committee but puts its recommendations into effect, there is less chance of the opposition thwarting the will of the committee.
1951 E. Taylor House of Commons at Work iv. 142 The report of a Committee of the whole House is not debated unless the Bill has been amended.
2004 Africa News (Nexis) 10 June Deputy Speaker Cde Edna Madzongwe had refused to divide the House so that MPs could vote to adopt or reject an adverse report by the Parliamentary Legal Committee on the Bill.
c. An evaluative account or summary of the results of an investigation, or of any matter on which information is required (typically in the form of an official or formal document), given or prepared by a person or body appointed or required to do so.annual, market report, etc.: see first element.
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society > communication > information > reporting > [noun] > a report > formal
report1581
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annual report1724
committee report1776
communiqué1852
working paper1945
1581 J. Fielde Caueat for Parsons Howlet sig. Gviiiv Howsoeuer the minister youre informer, mistooke the matters..he hath very much abused the prechers in this his report.
1626 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 49 The persewaris..producet tua writtis ane contening the tryell of Euphame Corstorphin and the repoirt maid be certane commissioneris quha conferrit with her.
1650 F. Cheynell Divine Trinunity x. 453 I was desired to make a report to the Reverend Assembly concerning the danger of translating and Printing of Acontius in English.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 41 Upon his refusal the rest of the Committee did not think fit to sign the report.
1782 New Ann. Reg. 1781 Public Papers 166/1 (heading) The Report of the Commissioners for examining, taking, and stating the Public Accounts of this Kingdom.
1842 (title) Report on the sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 89/1 The Queen's Regulations afford..all information as to the preparation of confidential reports.
1922 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 6 Sept. 1/6 The finance committee has prepared a report of preferable stocks and bonds.
1981 R. J. Campbell Psychiatric Dict. (ed. 5) 15/1 A child advocacy system was recommended in the Report of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children (1969).
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June b6/2 Annual reports aren't usually known for their gloss. But several Web firms are resorting to schmaltz, sizzle and contradictions to claim their stake in the New Economy.
d. Chiefly British. A teacher's written assessment of a pupil's work, progress, and conduct, typically issued at the end of a term or school year. Cf. report card n. (a) at Compounds 2, school report n. at school n.1 Compounds 5a.
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society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > report
report1835
school report1840
report card1869
1835 Amer. Ann. Educ. 5 525 To make a ‘weekly report to the parents, exhibiting in a compendious manner, the punctuality, deportment, and comparative merit of the pupil, in his recitations’.
1873 C. M. Yonge Life J. C. Patteson I. i. 16 The half-yearly reports often lament his want of zeal and exertion.
1906 R. Brooke Let. 1 Apr. (1968) 47 My term's report..has come in, & is very bad. Result: the family are shocked.
1954 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 June 2/5 The reports state how the child is progressing in accordance with his ability, not in relation to his classmates.
2001 K. Fearon & A. Verlaque Lurgan Champagne & Other Tales 85 I did good. I did bad. It didn't matter—the school always gave me a good report anyway.
2.
a. A descriptive account or statement; the action or an act of giving such an account. N.E.D. defines quot. 1609 as: ‘commendation of a person or quality’.news, police, progress report, etc.: see first element.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account
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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 95 (MED) A story..constreynyd vndir woordes fewe..Men bi report kan nat the mater shewe..Nor longe stories a woord may not expresse.
c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 8 Other service thanne this I myhte comende To yow to done, but, for the tyme is shorte, I putte theym nouhte in this lytyl Reporte.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 204 (MED) Pluto..gan to declare..her compleyntes..And when Apollo had herd the report Of Pluto, [etc.].
1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 24v So as the report made here of the doctrine of the Catholique churche..is a very true reporte.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxxiii. sig. F2 And therefore haue I slept in your report . View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 53 I..mention this from their report, rather then from my iudgement.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. v. 22 On my aunt's and sister's report of my obstinacy, my assembled relations have taken an unanimous resolution..against me.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 6 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xviii. 178 The reports..of the first adventurers had inflamed the cupidity of many.
1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 114/1 In the chronicles of the time we find many reports of cannibalism, and even of ghoulism, the horrid accompaniments of a season of starvation.
1922 W. G. Carnathan in Jrnl. Tenn. Med. Assoc. 1921–2 14 408 (title) A study of adamantinoma, with report of a case.
1950 Archivum Linguisticum 2 186 The nature of the ‘monorhemes’ varies between a wish or request, a questioning attitude,..and..a mere report of something perceived.
1995 Nature 16 Feb. 568/1 In Réunion there existed a bird called the solitaire, exclusively known by historical reports.
b. Law. A written account of a case heard in a court (esp. as prepared for publication), typically giving an outline of the proceedings and setting out (now often verbatim) the judgment. Cf. record n.1 5. Frequently in plural.See also law-reports n. at law n.1 Compounds 1d.
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society > law > administration of justice > court papers > [noun] > law report
report1593
1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) iii. vii. 82 In this whole report, as there is nothing that tendeth to the absolute impugnation of oathes, in some causes criminall: so is there not any point, which we doe not willingly embrace, and like of.
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Recordvm Recordum curiæ signifies the report, rehearsall, or minute of that quhilk is done in court [etc.].
1617 Act 15 Jas. I in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1717) XVII. 27 They shall alwaies attend the Judges of such Courts where the Judgments..shall passe with their Reports, to the ende they maie be..reviewed by the said Judges before they be published.
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 59 Every Term bringeth forth a collection of new Reports.
a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 20 Now..every ordinary Practiser publisheth his Reports as he pleaseth..And thus the Shelves are loaded with Reports.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. 71 The reports are extant in a regular series from the reign of king Edward the second inclusive.
1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 402/2 The earliest reports extant are the ‘Year-books’.
1877 Law Rep.: Exchequer Div. 2 233 The ratio decidendi in these cases does not appear in the reports.
1918 Virginia Law Rev. 5 317 The librarian of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York reckoned the number of volumes of American law reports in 1914 to be 8,420.
1963 C. L. Black Perspectives in Constit. Law vi. 92 He delivered a speech of which a fair sample, from the report of the case, seems the contrast drawn between ‘Christians’ and ‘scum’.
2001 Daily Tel. 24 July 18/2 At the Court of Appeal, the walls of Lord Philips's room are lined with reports of leading cases that were fought out in public for the benefit of generations to come.
c. A written account, often verbatim, of the statements made by a speaker or speakers at a debate, lecture, public meeting, etc., esp. as prepared for publication.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > report
report1659
write-up1877
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 48 Nothing does more evidently discover his unfaithfull dealing, then his report of the proceedings in the Isle of Wight, between his Majesty, and the long-Parliament Divines.
1796 R. Orme Pract. Digest Election Laws 401 This report on the statements delivered in is, by the subsequent clauses in this act, to be final and conclusive at all subsequent elections.
1812 J. H. Lewis Ready Writer Introd. 16 The art by which they may follow the most rapid speakers, and afterwards read their own reports and memorandums with correctness and facility.
1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. I. 429 When the fear of punishment was abated, the reports became more systematic; and were improved in character and copiousness.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiii. 296 We have..a no less vivid report of the real or imaginary speeches.
1914 (title) Williams' fire-damp indicator or methanometer. Public meeting... Verbatim report of proceedings, etc.
d. A written statement in which an accusation is made to a superior authority against a person (esp. a prisoner or member of the armed forces); the charge itself, esp. in on report: subject to a disciplinary charge.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [noun] > formal
presentment1576
gravamen1647
report1850
1850 H. Melville White-jacket lxxxv. 416 The names of such offenders shall be put down on the report.
1915 Recruiters' Bull. (U.S. Marine Corps) June 17/2 I was in that Corps for fifteen years and never saw a man on report.
1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville vi. 126 Reports are heard on every day except Sundays and public holidays.
1989 K. Smith Inside Time iii. 30 Another man, found with two buckets of hooch under his bed and put on report, went down for adjudication in the morning.
1999 J. Fiorito Closer we are to Dying xiv. 167 Private Fiorito, what the hell do you think you're doing?.. Let there be no more nonsense or I'll have you on report.
e. weather report: see weather n. Compounds 1a.
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the mind > language > speech > [noun]
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the spoken word1832
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outgiving1865
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praxis1950
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Biv After thee due reporte, and vtterance of thee sayde wordes..they be consecrate.
4. Business. An employee who reports to or is accountable to a particular manager (cf. report v. 3c). direct report: an employee who reports directly to a particular manager. indirect report: an employee who reports to one of a particular manager's subordinates.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > subordinate
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report1973
1973 in W. R. Mahler & W. F. Wrightnour Executive Continuity App. A. 153 How satisfied are you with..the development plans prepared by your subordinates for their direct reports?
2004 Fund Action (Nexis) 13 Aug. The hire will manage a staff of five direct reports and twelve indirect reports.
2011 D. Couper Outsiders on Inside iv. 72 [I] supported her in getting positive feedback from her reports, her peers, and her bosses.
II. Something commonly said or believed.
5.
a. That which is generally or commonly said; rumour, gossip; hearsay. Formerly occasionally personified. Now rare.See also hearsay report at hearsay n. 2a(b).
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 3141 (MED) Men putte me in blame Þoruȝ false reporte & wrong oppinioun.
c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) v. 571 (MED) Day of trouthe is turnede vnto nyght Thorough wrong reporte and false suspecion.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 777 Arthur by Report hard saye How galiot non armys bur that day.
1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates f. lxiiiv Might report vprightly vse her tong It would lesse greue vs to augment the matter.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 91 Yet doe the eyes..kindle the more anguishe, whiche see..those thinges, that others heare by reporte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. i. 5 My brother Iaques he keepes at schoole, and report speakes goldenly of his profit. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Sonnet x, in Poems 51 As that dishonest victory..Kil'd with report that Old man eloquent.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Twas thus with Fleeces milky white (if we May trust report,) Pan God of Arcady Did bribe thee. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 355 Through that public organ of report He hails the clergy.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ii. 66 I do not lightly give faith to report.
1851 N. Deering Bozzaris ii. i. 18 I dare be sworn I have not known them, saving by report, This whole campaign.
1899 J. Davidson Last Ballad 73 Had Godfrey beaten Hilary,..The gossips and the sponsors of report Would certainly have made the accepted word.
1920 T. Petersson Cicero xv. 506 His life, Cicero exclaims, is more precious than that of any other man, and he must not say, as report has it, that he has had enough of years and glory.
b. A statement commonly made or believed; a rumour. †the report goes: it is commonly said; cf. go v. 12a (obsolete).
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > a piece of rumour
reportc1440
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c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 54 There is defendid..all fals reportes and dissymilacions.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C v Many euyles comen by wycked and euyl tunges and euyl reportes.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lij The report goth that you haue conspired to destroy the secte of Luther.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 669 The Erle of Warwike..by euill reportes, did as much as in him lay to hinder this mariage.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vi. v. 587 Baumgarten saith that it was a common report in Cairo when he was there.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xvii. sig. Hh3 He will..perhaps Ruine himself..by spreading Reports.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 247 To try the truth of these scandalous reports that went upon the Clergy.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 24 I give Mansel credit for his invention, in propagating the report that I had a quarrel with a mountebank's merry Andrew at Gloucester.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 91 There are bad reports of him among the Dominicans, that is certain.
1886 S. F. Harrison Crowded Out! 91 The report of the Métis revolt had spread.
1917 R. C. Megrue & C. Hackett It pays to Advertise ii. 80 There was a report on the Street to-day that the Ivory Soap people were going to make a deal with Rodney.
1996 E. Morgan Coll. Poems 260 Afterwards there was a report of mass ghosts on the plains.
6. Repute, reputation. Chiefly (now only) with modifying adjective, as good, evil, etc. Now archaic and rare.In later use perhaps echoing biblical language; cf. esp. 2 Corinthians 6:8, ‘By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true’ (King James Bible).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun]
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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 358 (MED) Many put her lyues in doute, Of hyȝe desyr thei hadde..By veyn reporte hem silf to avaunce.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Cij What thynge is glory,..honour report, or what is noble name?
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judith viii. 13 This Iudith was a woman of a very good reporte with euery one.
1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 108 The witnes..cold not depose truly that she was of honest name, biecause they hard of her evill Report.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iii. 12 A Gentlewoman of mine, Who..Hath blisterd her report . View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 180 Those honest and warrantable recreations, which are of good report among the Saints.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ii. 35 The natural Dispositions,..to do what is of good Report.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 813 Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands.
1871 S. Smiles Character vii. 195 He had no regard for popularity, but held to his purpose, through good and through evil report.
1872 New Cycl. Illustr. Anecd. 9/2 Fame has given me the report of being a memorist.
1916 A. T. Hadley Moral Basis of Democracy 173 May each of us try to place himself on God's side and stay there, through evil report and good report.
1986 D. Lindley T. Campion iv. 226 Such ill report is demonstrated as evanescent before the true fame guaranteed by the Fates.
III. Repetitive sound, and related senses.† 7.
a. Music. A note or part answering to or repeating another; a response; a point of imitation. Also more generally: a note, a musical sound. Usually in plural. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > movement of parts > specific
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1502 G. Douglas Palace of Honour i. xli Fresche ladyis sang in voice virgineall Concordis sweit, diuers entoned reportis.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 29 There vas mony smal birdis..singand melodius reportis of natural music.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 51 In melodius music in gude accorddis and reportis of dyapason.
1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K.ijv Hir second note..she did, in pleasant wise repeate, With sweete reports, of heauenly harmonie.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 37 The aunswerable sounde and delectable report of a warbeling harpe.
1600 Englands Helicon sig. Bbiv, (title) A Report Song..betweene a Sheepheard and his Nimph.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §113 The Reports and Fuges, have an Agreement with the Figures in Rhetorick, of Repetition and Traduction.
1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 103 There stood she listning, and did entertaine The Musicks soft report.
1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) Introd. i. 59 This Mood, that is so commixt with fancy and airy reports, one part after other.
b. Rhetoric. Anaphora in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive lines or clauses. Cf. epistrophe n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > repetition > at beginning of successive clauses
anaphoraOE
report1589
epanaphora1678
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 165 Repetition in the first degree we call the figure of Report according to the Greeke originall, and is when we make one word begin..many verses in sute.
8.
a. A resounding noise, esp. that caused by the discharge of a firearm or explosive.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > resonant sound > of guns or explosives
report1590
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > sound of firing
report1590
rat-tat1907
poop1919
cough1928
piffing1928
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. F4 Like lightning, or the flash That runnes before the hot report of thunder.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Lipsius Compar. Rom. Manner Warre in tr. Xenophon Hist. sig. V iij They would at the first haue feared the shew and reports of our Peeces.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 233 They are..timorous beyond imagination, trembling at the report of a gun.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 366 The lashing Billows make a loud report.
1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vii. 177 They keep time with such exactness, that 60 or 100 paddles..make only a single report.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 254 The report of a distant gun would perhaps be heard from the solitary woodland.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. x. 319 They..exploded with a very loud report in the air.
1912 E. H. Ryle Athletics 91 This method..assists a runner to keep steady on the mark while awaiting the report of the pistol.
1963 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Apr. 45 A teamster's whip had a lash about as long as the stock, or handle, with a snapper on the end capable of making a report like a pistol.
2000 G. F. Douglas-Sherwood Gloss. Lighthouse Service Terminol. (Assoc. Lighthouse Keepers) at Explosive fog signal Charges of Tonite would be detonated to produce a loud report at set time intervals.
b. In pyrotechnics: a quantity of an explosive substance (esp. in the form of a powder) added to a firework to create a loud bang; (formerly also) †a case containing this (obsolete).
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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > parts of
quill1629
report1653
red fire1680
cartouche1719
blue light1761
sun case1765
choke1786
settle1873
touchpaper1873
wheel-case1875
lance1878
starting powder1886
pastille1890
1653 tr. Math. Recreations (new ed.) 268 Load it on the top, with Serpents, Reports, Stars, or Golden Raine.
1696 R. Anderson Making of Rockets ii. 43 Then there will remain 3 Inches for Corn Powder, for the Report.
1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery iv. i. i.176 D is a Report of Corn Powder, which is separated from the Composition by the Wooden Partition E.
1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lii You may also glew on every end of the rockets, a report of paper.
1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 15 Furnishing the squib with its report is called bouncing.
2002 P. A. Carson & C. J. Mumford Hazardous Chem. Handbk. (ed. 2) vii. 242 (table) Classification of pyrotechnics... Chlorate and metal perchlorate report or whistling compositions.
9.
a. Relation, reference. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun]
yokeOE
relationa1398
respecta1398
report1523
society?1545
habitude1561
conjugation1605
necessitudea1626
attinency1632
dependencea1634
belonginga1648
respectiveness1650
nexure1652
synapsis1655
relative1657
rapport1660
proportion1664
schesis1678
relationship1724
appurtenance1846
relationality1866
interosculation1883
tie-up1927
tie-in1934
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Author's Pref. 2 I haue nat folowed myne authour worde by worde: yet I trust I haue ensewed the true reporte of the sentence of the mater.
b. Connection, bearing. Also with to. Chiefly in pinion of report: see pinion n.4 b. Obsolete.
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a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1672 (1955) III. 625 The Kitchin & Stables are ill placed, & the Corridors worse, having no report to the wings they joyne to.
1696 W. Derham Artific. Clock-maker i. 5 The Pinion of Report..is that Pinion which is commonly fixed on the Arbor of the Great-Wheel..; which driveth the Dial Wheel, and carrieth about the Hand.
1773 T. Hatton Introd. Clock & Watch Work i. 93 This is upon the supposition of the pinion of report being 8.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 94 As many turns of the pin-wheel as are required to perform the strokes of twelve hours,..so many turns must the pinion of report have to turn round the count-wheel once.
Phrases
to make report v. now rare to give an account or description of something; to report.
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society > communication > information > action of informing > give information [verb (intransitive)]
meanOE
telllOE
to make reportc1425
wrayc1425
wrobc1425
lay1488
inform1569
intelligence1616
advertise1764
society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (intransitive)]
again-tella1382
to make reportc1425
reportc1425
wainc1540
c1425To make repoort [see sense 1a].
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1709 Þe gipcians faste behelden here, And of hire beaute maden þei report To pharao.
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 2167 (MED) Bi tastis men may craftly knowe Diuers substancys..And when ye dowte bi taste to make reporte, Then to your other testymonyes resorte.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cijv The Duke & the Lantgraue had made reporte agayne, howe they misliked not the treaty.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. ii. 8 When you shal finde him, make reporte to me.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 30 Do not make report of this my glorious transfiguration to any man whomsoever.
c1683 E. Waller On St. James's Park in Wks. (1729) 208 Sea-nymphs..From Thetis sent as spies, to make report.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 350/2 Report of which being made to the sublime Porte, the sultan advanced him to the post of Cadi.
a1811 R. Cumberland Sybil v. in Posthumous Dramatick Wks. (1813) II. 68 Look out, and make report what you espy.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 40 When Yniol made report Of that good mother making Enid gay.
1934 A. E. Haydon Mod. Trends in World Relig. Introd. p. xi The Institute here recorded made report on six of the great religions.
1996 G. A. Bruce in G. W. Gallagher Lee the Soldier ii. 115 It was discovered by two roving cavalrymen who hastened to make report of their discovery.
Compounds
C1.
report book n.
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1650 Pub. Gen. Acts 1097 The Parliament have thought fit to..Enact.., That all the Report-Books of the Resolutions of Judges, and other Books of the Law of England shall be translated into the English Tongue.
1740 J. Woodman Rat-catcher at Chelsea Coll. 28 Every Pensioner..may be taught and made capable to keep a Report Book.
1828 G. Holford Acct. Gen. Penitentiary at Millbank iii. 84 At a certain hour every morning he attends the Governor with his report-book.
1900 Daily News 11 Jan. 7/2 The report books look as prosaic as any ordinary account books, only very black and ‘thumby’.
1998 Orange Coast May 82/2 A pile of big, fat report books.
report form n.
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1853 E. Smalley Let. 13 Aug. in Rep. Railway Dept. 1853 (Madras) (1855) 130 I have the honor to return the progress report form E. for the past month.
1924 Elem. School Jrnl. 24 666 A uniform arrangement of topics on report forms would aid in reducing the time required to fill them out.
2002 C. Williams Sugar & Slate 135 ‘So yuh's a mix, rite?’ This official term to describe my origins was already being written onto the report form.
report sheet n.
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1844 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 3 July The statements respecting the profits made in the report sheet were perfectly correct.
1922 H. L. Hollingworth Judging Human Char. 243 Each individual prepares his own report sheet, but hands it in, marked not with his own letter but with some secret key.
2000 J. Goldman Dreamworld vii. 38 She had printed it out on the bank inter-office report sheets that she had brought with her.
report-writer n.
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1815 Times 9 Sept. 3/1 The report writer wishes to persuade the people of France, that there lies no medium between the system of M. Fouche, and an intolerable despotism.
1920 R. U. Fitting in J. M. Lee Business Writing xviii. 275 In this respect,..the report-writer has a decided advantage over the writer of advertising copy.
2002 H. Kunzru Impressionist (2003) 114 It is obvious to the British report-writers that the Nawab is happier eating from a metal thali set on the floor than the fine Meissen table-setting.
report-writing adj. and n.
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1852 Med. Times & Gaz. 26 June 642/2 The visitors have a penchant for clever, report-writing matrons.
1858 Papers on Duties Corps Royal Engineers New Ser. VII. 74 The well known formula..holds good in Letter and Report writing.
1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. x. 133 There has been a swing away from traditional teaching methods towards group discussion, joint report-writing by syndicates, case-studies and the management game.
1999 Building Design 13 Aug. 29/4 Several courses, such as..report writing, creative thinking and presenting a positive image.
2001 Hills & Valley Messenger (Austral.) (Nexis) 29 Aug. 3 It's just not doing anything, it's a report writing committee.
C2.
report card n. (a) chiefly North American = sense 1d (also in extended use); (b) Australian Rules Football a card on which, at the end of a match, an umpire records any charges given to players.
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society > education > educational administration > school administration > [noun] > report
report1835
school report1840
report card1869
1869 16th Ann. Rep. Superintendent Public Schools (City & County San Francisco) 143 Monthly report card for pupils.
1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 223 I didn't even know she had a report card. She told me last fall that they had quit using them this year.
1954 Canberra Times 10 May 6/3 After the match, goal umpire Davis filled in a report card and told field umpire Patterson he was taking further action.
1977 Time 22 Aug. 11/3 Carter's early forcefulness..drove six Latin countries..to reject U.S. military assistance rather than agree to prepare ‘report cards’ for Washington on human rights.
1996 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 27 July 143 Greg Stafford was charged with wrestling..and was exonerated when the umpires mixed up the report cards.
2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Apr. h2 One of my high school professors said to look at my report cards and do whatever I constantly got A's in.
report stage n. Parliament (originally and chiefly British) the stage of a bill's passage at which an account is given to the House of the conclusions of a committee appointed to consider it; see note at sense 1b.
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1870 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 29 May 2/4 The report stage was then completed, and the bill was ordered (amid loud cheers) to be read a third time on Monday next.
1940 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 34 534 Between committee and report stages a minister can..make up his mind to accept and redraft certain amendments advanced by individual senators.
2000 Daily Tel. 10 July 27/5 The controversial Bill is also expected to be the target of a host of critical amendments from Opposition peers when it reaches its report stage in the Lords on Wednesday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
reportv.
/rᵻˈpɔːt/, U.S. /rəˈpɔrt/, /riˈpɔrt/ I. Senses relating to the providing or conveying of information.† 4. † 5. In extended use.
1.
a. transitive. To give an account of (a fact, event, etc.); to relate, recount, tell; to describe. Also with to, †unto a person.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)]
singc900
reckonOE
readOE
tellOE
showc1175
betellc1275
i-tellec1275
rehearsec1300
record1340
accounta1387
to chase forthc1386
retretec1400
reporta1402
count?a1425
recite1448
touch?a1450
repeat1451
deliverc1454
explikec1454
renderc1460
recount1477
to show forth1498
relate1530
to set forth1530
rechec1540
reaccount1561
recitate1568
history1600
recant1603
to run througha1616
enarrate1750
narrate1754
a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 70 (MED) Oon of þat ordre prechide on Alle Halwen Day, as hit was reported to me.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 54 The excellent renoun Of the Emperours doghter..Reported was..Vn to thise Surryen Marchauntz.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlii. 237 Nasciens to hym gan to Reporte In to whiche diuers Contre he gan Resorte.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1486 (MED) I meruelyd gretly of that I behelde & herde there reporte.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xiii. 53 I must procede, and shewe of arysmetryke With dyuers nombres whiche I must reporte.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 247 This report I with my pen, How at Dumfermling fell the cace.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. ix. 144 It were a very difficult matter, to report particularly the admirable effectes which some windes cause.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 21 He..found Already known what he for news had thought To have reported . View more context for this quotation
1707 D. Manley Almyna iii. i. 30 This in repeated Visions, I have seen. But ne're before reported.
1781 H. Cowley Belle's Stratagem v. 70 You, forsooth, the whole female world is concern'd for; I reported the state of your brain to five different women.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. ii. 32 A little lad who had reported an alfresco orchestra as consisting of two horns and a hautboy.
1883 Cent. Mag. Oct. 927/2 ‘Outre-Mer’, a young poet's sketch-book, reports his first transition from cloister life to travel and experience.
1945 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 Oct. 33/2 Mr. Wilcox's writing..is often New Yorkerish: little gestures are reported so faithfully that they often become the movements of entire lives.
2003 New Yorker 2 June 78/2 Stein reports the absurd advice she gave to a group of young men about to be shipped off to Germany.
b. transitive. With infinitive or that-clause as complement. Usually in passive with anticipatory it as subject or with subject unexpressed: to be commonly said, to be reputed.
ΚΠ
1425 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Apr. 1425 §12. m. 4 So þat her after it be not reported, þat my said lord erle mareschall sholde any cause have for to departe oute of þis hie court for lakke of justice.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 109 It is eke reported þat Seint Bernard schuld sey þe same of þis King Herry.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 58 There been that reporten hym in this wise to haue aunswered.
1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. I8 It is reported..that you are growne prettilie skilled on instrumentes, whereon you plaie reasonably.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 67 On the Alpes, It is reported thou did'st eate strange flesh. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 431 Both parts reported the number of the slain, to be greater than it was.
1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 82 He was reported to be of the Sect of the Raskolniks.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 258 Like the houses of Amsterdam, which are reported to stand upon piles driven deep into the quagmire.
1819 L. Hunt Indicator 1 Dec. 63 The author says that he has heard it reported..that the fourth Duke of Braganza [etc.].
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 187 The refugee friars..were reported to be well supplied with money from England.
1920 S. Lewis Main St. i. 9 It cannot be reported that Carol had anything significant to say to the Bohemians.
1948 S. J. Perelman Westward Ha! viii. 102 A beautiful lovelorn maharanee is reported to have cast herself from it several years ago.
1998 D. K. Cameron Eng. Fair ix. 159 It was reported that Queen Elizabeth..took a turn around the fair's booths and stalls with her plebs and watched the ox-roasting.
c. intransitive. To give an account of a fact, event, etc.; to describe.Frequently in parenthetical phrase as —— reports.
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society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (intransitive)]
again-tella1382
to make reportc1425
reportc1425
wainc1540
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 6313 (MED) Þe Troyans wern..bor doun cruelly, Merciles, as Guydo doth reporte.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 16 Thei toke her leue and yode into Inglond, and reported as thei hadd founde bi the doughtres.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvi He graunted lycence..for certayn cottesolde shepe to be transported in to..Spayne (as people report).
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 417 This pitch (as ancient writers do report) doth defile. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. ii. 32 To report otherwise, were a Mallice. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Webster Metallographia vi. 93 By plowing or accidental digging: as Gold was found in Galecia as Justin reporteth.
1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. ii. 221 He charg'd with Fury, as the Folks report, Scal'd the high Wall, and sack'd a royal Fort.
1791 Life J. de St Remy de Valois I. 185 ‘We know not,’ replied they, ‘but Madame the Countess has reported otherwise.’
1868 J. G. Wood Nat. Hist. Man I. lxviii. 769 It was, as my friend reported, a broad sheet of water, with fresh green trees along its banks.
1963 C. L. R. James Beyond Boundary i. 14 He would often without shame walk up the main street barefooted, ‘with his planks on the ground’, as my grandmother would report.
2000 G. L. Mosse Confronting Hist. iii. 31 But, as my sister reported (I had to wait outside), Jung said that he could do nothing for her.
d. intransitive. To give an account or description of a person or thing. Frequently with adverb or adverbial phrase indicating the manner or nature of the account. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate or give an account [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1225
accounta1393
report?a1439
recite1485
relate1609
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 2839 (MED) Of auentures..Treuly reporte and platli nat to feyne..the statut did ordeyne.
1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 269 It is told me þat þe seyd Will reportyth of yow as shamfully as he can in dyuers place.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 467 Of whom hit was seide that Kynadius kynge of Scottes scholde reporte in this wise.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii Of Fraunce and other I myght lykewyse report To theyr great honour.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 189 Many times our Poet is caried by some occasion to report of a thing that is maruelous.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 57 There is a Gentleman that serues the Count, Reports but coursely of her. View more context for this quotation
a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 338 To report of the gret..disdane..quhilk they said planly wes done vnto ther king and contre.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 122 When she heard the Baron report of the advances she had made him,..That Air of Truth with which he spoke..made her no longer doubt any part of the Relation.
1785 R. Cumberland Nat. Son iv. 60 I should expect he, of all men, would report of me as a friend.
1859 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 77/1 Montaigne..reports of himself with the impartiality of a naturalist.
1897 W. P. Ward Life Cardinal Wiseman I. xiii. 409 Pugin was delighted with his views on architecture (and religion), and reported of him as a most glorious man.
e. transitive. With adverb or adverbial phrase. To describe (a person) in a specified manner or as possessing a specified quality. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > describe [verb (transitive)]
sayOE
devisec1300
readc1300
to make (a) showing ofc1330
counterfeitc1369
expressc1386
scrievec1390
descrya1400
scrya1400
drawa1413
representc1425
describec1450
report1460
qualify?1465
exhibit1534
perscribe1538
to set out1545
deline1566
delineate1566
decipher1567
denotate1599
lineate16..
denote1612
givea1616
inform?1615
to shape out1633
speaka1637
display1726
to hit off1737
1460 H. at Fenne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 170 Ser, be ware what ye talke to somme men of þe lordes your coexecutours, and what is spent... Þei reporten you vnfavorabely and withoute credence.
1535 tr. Dyaloge Jullius (new ed.) sig. F One thynge I pray the, be the princes so godly nowe adayes, as thou reportest theym, or do they so moche feare the preestes: as to renne one vpon an other?
1568 Bible (Bishops') Psalm cxix. Iod 6 Let the proude be confounded, for they haue falsly reported me.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 291 Report me and my cause a right To the vnsatisfied. View more context for this quotation
1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath i. 163 Saint Augustine so reports him in his sixt Book de civitate.
1734 T. Cooke tr. Terence Phormio ii. ii, in tr. Terence Comedys III. 73 If I did not think as well of him as I report him, I'd never get such ill Will to our Family as I do for her Sake that he so ungenerously slights now.
1799 R. Lawrence tr. J. W. von Goethe Gortz of Berlingen ii. 39 Didst thou think him as handsome as they report him?
1866 J. J. Craven Prison Life J. Davis (U.K. ed.) xxiii. 370 It has been my conscientious effort to report him as he was, neither inventing any new sentiments to put in his mouth.
1916 Rep. Chief Engineers U.S. Army iii. 3681 Any enlisted man serving within the continental limits of the United States whose company, troop, battery, or detachment commander shall report him as proficient and sufficiently trained [etc.].
2. † b. transitive. To repeat or relate something said by (a person). Obsolete.
a. transitive. To repeat (something heard); to relate as having been spoken by another; to retell.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]
doublec1380
naitc1400
reportc1405
repeat1427
renewa1464
iterate1533
resume1535
to run over ——1538
redouble1580
to go over ——1583
re-say1583
reclaim1590
ingeminate1594
reword1604
reassume1631
reutter1632
oversay1639
to fetch over1642
reassert1647
society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)] > something heard
reportc1405
redelivera1616
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 110 Lewed peple louen tales olde Swiche thynges kan they wel reporte & holde.
c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 In my wordes..noble hertis may this report So welle, that to all it may be disport.
a1500 (?a1410) J. Lydgate Churl & Bird (Lansd.) 373 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 484 (MED) This proverbe is ful..Rad & reportid bi oold remembraunce.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxv The kyng hymself made hym answere, as foloweth woorde for woorde, as nere as I was able to report it.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 196 We are sometimes occasioned in our tale to report some speech from another mans mouth.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1350 He's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame? View more context for this quotation
1682 News from France 5 If he thinks what he sayes will be reported in the Kings hearing..he grows almost Ecstatical.
1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xxxiii. 173 Let it go in at one ear, and out at the other; never report it again.
1783 Double Conspiracy iv. i. 60 It is only a shameful lie, invented by the traders here, to keep themselves in countenance;—and I am astonished to hear you report it.
a1831 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 296/1 It is desirable that he should deliver them as if he were reporting another's sentiments.
1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 206 None has words she can report of thee.
1991 K. Silverman E. A. Poe (1991) 419 As Lippard reported his words, Poe said, tearfully, ‘I thought you had deserted me.’
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] > again
reportc1425
renewa1500
retell1593
retail1597
reiteratec1650
re-relate1782
reprise1948
the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > after another
reportc1425
repeat1573
echoa1616
re-echo1635
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4969 Whan..a þing be seide..of a lordis mouþe..it is..reported & y spoke ful wyde..somme..Wi..hym report amys.
1448 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 55 (MED) They..wolde..hire all thynge that y wolde seye and eve me none answere, but reporte me.
1680 R. Baxter Church-hist. Govt. Bishops xii. 369 The Heresie of Wecilo was here also condemned, that said (as they report him) That when the secular Men were spoiled of their Estates and Goods,..they were not bound to obey the Ecclesiasticks.
c. transitive. To convey, impart, pass on (something said, a message, etc.) to a person as knowledge or information.
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society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)]
i-telle971
reckOE
tella1382
brevea1400
reportc1450
recount1477
reapport1486
refera1500
renowna1500
relate1530
informa1533
recommend1533
reaccount1561
re-report1599
yielda1616
delatea1639
narrate1656
bulletin1838
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2414 (MED) A lettir he fourmed..with his awen prince reportand þa wordis.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos lii. 146 Nowe goo youre waye, & reporte to the kynge that that I haue saide.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. viii. 61 Hir supplication, with teris full vnglaid, Reportis hir sister, and answere brocht agane.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxxvijv I wyll reporte this tale vnto Duke Maurice.
c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 645 To this breve of successioun thair ar twa maneris of retouris or answeris reportit to the chancellarie, the ane general the uther special.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 237 The voice of God To mortal eare is dreadful; they beseech That Moses might report to them his will. View more context for this quotation
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. i. 4 This fellow reported the following particulars, as they were re-reported to me.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 205 Tom.., swift as an express, Reports a message with a pleasing grace.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xv. 81 Report my words To royal Neptune, and report them right.
1961 B. Watson tr. S. Qian Rec. Grand Historian I. x. 480 The officials went out and reported his words throughout the district, whereupon the whole of Xsia-p'ei capitulated to the rebels.
d. transitive. To record the details of (a law case, speech, debate, etc.) in writing, often verbatim and esp. for publication. Also intransitive.
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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)]
writeeOE
awriteeOE
markOE
titlea1325
record1340
registera1393
accordc1450
chronicle1460
to write upa1475
calendar1487
enrol1530
prickc1540
scripture1540
to set down1562
report1600
reservea1616
tabulatea1646
to take down1651
actuate1658
to commit to writing (also paper)1695
to mark down1881
slate1883
society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > take down in writing for publication
report1600
society > communication > journalism > [verb (transitive)] > report
report1792
cover1893
1600 T. Ashe Table des Reports Sir I. Dyer sig. A3 The yeere of the Kings and Queenes raigne, in which [the case] is reported.
a1626 F. Bacon Propos. Compil. Laws Eng. in Wks. (1730) IV. 6 Cases reported with too great prolixity, would be drawn into a more compendious report.
a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 34 [He] followed his studies very close, and attended the Courts at Westminster, and reported diligently.
1792 J. Peltier Late Picture of Paris I. 207 This apartment had been appropriated to the writers of a newspaper, called the logographic journal, which reported the debates word for word.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 195/2 Others are engaged to report the trials in the courts of law.
1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 631/2 Still less can a country reporter..accurately report lectures on all subjects indiscriminately. He cannot report, because he does not understand.
1884 Truth 4 Sept. 364/2 To report textually a debate from 4.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. would fill thirty columns of the Times.
1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law I. 114/1 A person..who calls the attention of the court to some decision, whether reported or unreported.
2007 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 22 Nov. 9 Ministers' written responses to issues raised by MPs during the daily ‘adjournment debate’ will for the first time be reported in Hansard, the record of parliamentary proceedings.
3.
a. transitive. To relate, state, or bring in (information or intelligence discovered), esp. as the result of an investigation; to give notification of (something observed). Also with clause as object.
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society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)] > as the result of investigation
report1483
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. CCCxxv/1 They..sent in to denmarke to knowe the trouthe, And when the Messagers retorned, they reported that it was trewe as the kynge had sayd.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxcviiiv/2 At last their currours came so nere toguyder, that eche of them aduysed well other & so eche of them retourned to their owne hoost, and reported the certayntie of their enemyes.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 11v When they that went to searche the Region, were returned they reported maruelous thynges as touchinge the great ryches of this Region.
1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller ii. i One..Climbs by the bedpost to the tester, there Reports a turbulent sea and a tempest towards.
1669 A. Marvell Let. 9 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 89 The criminall part of what is reported by the Comrs concerning his malversation in his Office.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 32/1 On my return, I reported to the Chief Justice in court that I did not think it safe.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 231 Each individual..Reports it hot or cold, or wet or dry.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. ix. 174 The next morning the packet from England was reported off the harbour's mouth.
1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 275 My friend..requested the sowars to follow them, and report all they might observe of their actions.
1886 G. A. Henty Yarns on Beach 84 Captain Ball..reported that the fort with which he was engaged had struck.
1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ vi. 106 Early in 1918 the allied pilots reported that German pilots were using parachutes.
1968 K. L. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 56 The maid who took the early morning coffee reported this to the sieur.
2000 N. Barr Deep South (2001) vii. 97 Anna left the meeting..with a list of phone numbers and strict orders to report everything, every day, to Brown.
b. transitive. To submit or present a formal account or statement of or concerning (a matter); to make an official report on; to state (a fact) in such a report. Also with back.
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society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (transitive)] > formally
report1580
1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 280 In cais ony variance result,..than sall they report..the mater and point quhairin the variance standis.
1641 Bloudy Plot sig. A4 They reported to the House the names of above threescore, which afterwards at a Conference, were delivered to the Lords.
1685 in M. Wood & H. Armet Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1954) XI. 158 The dean of gild reported that he had tried the touns jugs consisting of two pynt jugs and ane chopen.
1780 in New Ann. Reg. 1781 (1782) Public Papers 166/1 That the commissioners..do forthwith report to this house what progress they have made.
1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 97 The superintendent reports 24,303 tons of ore taken from the mine during the year.
1910 J. Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House iv. 81 The low wages that were reported at the meeting..I did not..connect with what was called the labor movement.
1976 Daily Tel. 25 Sept. 10/4 The society..has arranged for its ticket selling committee to meet next Tuesday to report back their ideas to the society.
2000 N.Y. Times 6 Apr. c13/4 After the close Yahoo reported strong earnings that beat published Wall Street estimates but that still fell somewhat short of the so-called whisper predictions.
c. intransitive. To compile, present, or submit a (formal) report on something investigated or assessed. Also with on. In later use also: to be formally responsible to a person (without implication of reports being submitted). to report back: to return with a formal report (to the person or body that commissioned it); (also more generally) to come back with information after checking or investigating something.
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society > communication > information > reporting > report [verb (intransitive)] > formally
report1628
society > communication > information > news or tidings > [verb (intransitive)] > make or draw up, etc. (a report)
report1628
1628 Orig. Jrnls. House of Commons 26 May 18 128 They desyre a present conference..about the great busynesse... Sr Edw. Coke Mr Glanvyle [etc.] to report.
1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 53 Upon which Bills, the then Judges, ordained the Parties to submit, who accordingly submitted to four Friends, and two Oversmen, who were to report.
1700 Minuts Proc. in Parl. (Scotl.) 12 Nov. The said Petition..remitted to the Committee for Elections, to consider whether or no there be ground for granting warrand for the said Citation, and to report.
1754 B. Franklin New Exper. & Observ. Electr. 123 I have reported in this and former papers relating to positive and negative electricity.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) General officers report to the commander in chief only.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The committee will report at twelve o'clock.
1862 Rep. Direct. E. Midl. Railway Company 18 Six spans of the Keeul Bridge are erected since I last reported on the subject.
1918 Ruling Case Law 20 766 The appointment of a commission to examine the premises, make a preliminary partition thereof and report back to the court.
1960 Times 30 Nov. 3/1 (advt.) A Senior Executive... He will be a member of the Executive Staff Committee and will report directly to the Managing Director.
1974 C. Bernstein & B. Woodward All President's Men xii. 251 Hunt's friend..asked the waiter how omelettes were made at the Hay-Adams... The waiter checked with the kitchen and reported back. The answer was unsatisfactory.
1978 G. Greene Human Factor ii. iii. 81 Just keep our eyes open for any hint in any report that the Chinese are interested in Hell's Parlour and then report direct to him.
1982 R. E. Boyatzis Competent Manager xi. 219 A manager's focus is predominantly downward, toward the lower level managers who report to him or her. He or she provides feedback on performance to these other managers.
2006 T. A. Lee Financial Reporting & Corporate Governance ii. 32 A year later, the Greenbury Committee reported on directors' compensation.
d. transitive. Now chiefly U.S. Of a committee appointed by a legislative assembly: to present a report of the consideration of (a bill). Also (U.S.): to report out. Cf. report n. 1b.
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society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > return for debate
report1659
1659 Particular Advice from Office of Intelligence No. 5. 54 Ordered, That Mr. Trenchard do report the Act touching Ballast, on Saturday morning next.
1667 D. Allsopp Let. 26 Jan. in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 8 They passed the Bill, as the Committee,..and ordered it to be reported the next day.
1719 Hist. Reg. No. 14 129 Sir William Lowther having reported the Bill for Relief of poor Insolvent Debtors, with the Amendments made to the same, the said Bill was ordered to be recommitted.
1786 Times 14 Mar. 2/2 A Committee went through and reported the bill for repairing Dover Harbour.
1803 Morning Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1804) VII. 17 Must there be a particular act, regulating every piece of dress?..we should read..of the Fichu Bill being committed, the Landau Bill being reported [etc.].
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 167 At the close of a committee of the House of Commons on a bill, the chairman reports the bill forthwith to the House.
1948 Sun (Baltimore) 31 May 8/2 The bill recently was reported out favorably by the House Armed Services Committee.
1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 Apr. (1970) 257 The Committee reported out the Civil Rights Bill, quicker and stronger than ever expected.
2000 N. M. Moore Governing Race i. 4 At most a simple motion for a final committee vote on whether to report the bill may be needed to move the bill to the floor.
e. transitive. To inform the relevant authority of (the existence or an occurrence of something notifiable, illegal, etc.).
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society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > give information about
wisc1000
inform?a1425
partake1561
intelligence1593
report1797
wish1818
tip1883
1797 Proc. Old Bailey 20 Sept. 523/2 I made a search into the bales of muslin; I found a deficiency of seven pieces; I immediately reported the deficiency to my superior.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 52 §2 All goods not duly reported..shall be forfeited.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Complain One man threatening to complain of another, is saying that he will report misconduct to the officer in charge of the quarter-deck.
1911 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. 159/2 Certain infectious diseases, the occurrence of which must, by law, be reported to the health authorities.
1950 Collier's 21 Jan. 21/1 How many cases of child molestation were never reported to the police?
1977 New Yorker 22 Aug. 56/3 Most thefts of computer tapes are probably not reported to the police.
2000 Disability Now May 11/5 She would..create a 1,000-strong community safety constabulary (including traffic wardens and park rangers) to report anything from dangerous pavements to crime.
f. transitive. To make a formal statement or complaint about (a person) to a superior authority.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]
wrayc725
meldeOE
bimeldena1300
forgabc1394
to blow up?a1400
outsay?a1400
detectc1449
denounce1485
ascry1523
inform1526
promote1550
peach1570
blow1575
impeach1617
wheedle1710
split1795
snitch1801
cheep1831
squeal1846
to put away1858
spot1864
report1869
squawk1872
nose1875
finger1877
ruck1884
to turn over1890
to gag on1891
shop1895
pool1907
run1909
peep1911
pot1911
copper1923
finger1929
rat1932
to blow the whistle on1934
grass1936
rat1969
to put in1975
turn1977
1869 J. S. Le Fanu Wyvern Myst. III. 219 The sergeant said no more, and you could not have told in the least by his face that he..was going to ‘report’ Tom Orange in the proper quarter.
1885 Law Times 80 4/2 The master..could only report the claimant and could not suspend or dismiss him.
1908 N.Z. Truth 12 Sept. 1 The pimp thought he saw the barman ‘poleing’, and reported him to the boss, who subsequently sacked the bar-tender.
1950 J. L. McCamy Admin. Amer. Foreign Affairs viii. 207 While one chief, who likes a subordinate officer, might not report him for being drunk, another would.
1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 58 Raphael knew that if he were to report him to the Dean, he would, possibly, manage to talk his way out of it by giving some muddied alternative version of events.
a. transitive. To bring or carry (news). Obsolete.
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society > communication > information > news or tidings > bring (news) [verb (transitive)]
to bring an answerOE
report1490
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) 6 How a knyght wounded cam & reported tydynges to þe kynge of maryenborough.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N3v Well mote yee thee..That home ye may report these happy newes.
b. transitive. Scottish. To bring in, bring in return; (also) to obtain. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)]
wieldeOE
haveeOE
ofgoOE
oweOE
addlec1175
winc1175
avela1200
to come by ——a1225
covera1250
oughtc1275
reachc1275
hentc1300
purchasec1300
to come to ——c1330
getc1330
pickc1330
chevise1340
fang1340
umbracec1350
chacche1362
perceivea1382
accroacha1393
achievea1393
to come at ——a1393
areach1393
recovera1398
encroach?a1400
chevec1400
enquilec1400
obtainc1422
recurec1425
to take upc1425
acquirea1450
encheve1470
sortise1474
conques?a1500
tain1501
report1508
conquest1513
possess1526
compare1532
cough1550
coff1559
fall1568
reap1581
acquist1592
accrue1594
appurchasec1600
recoil1632
to get at ——1666
to come into ——1672
rise1754
net1765
to fall in for1788
to scare up1846
access1953
the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > yield or produce naturally > yield in return
report1508
return1584
1508 A. Cadiou tr. A. Chartier Porteous Noblenes x Gudis hid report bot litill thanke joy or pleseir.
1569 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 684 Quhill the complenar satisfie the Kirk and report the superintendentis testimoniall thairupoun.
1571–2 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 128 His said schip..wilbe allutirlie wrakkit..; swa that he nor the awnaris of the same will report na commoditie thairby.
1614 P. Forbes Comm. Rev. Ded. For that of your Maiesties knowne clemencie, I am certaine to report either praise or pardon.
1653 Kirk Session Rec. Dumfries 3 Feb. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at cited word Ordained to..repoirt a testimoniall of his guiltlesnes.
a. transitive. To utter, pronounce. Cf. report n. 3. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]
speakc825
queatheOE
forthdoc900
i-seggenc900
sayeOE
speak971
meleOE
quidOE
spella1000
forthbringc1000
givec1175
warpa1225
mootc1225
i-schirea1250
upbringa1250
outsay?c1250
spilec1275
talec1275
wisea1300
crackc1315
nevena1325
cast1330
rehearsec1330
roundc1330
spend1362
carpa1375
sermona1382
to speak outc1384
usea1387
minc1390
pronouncea1393
lancec1400
mellc1400
nurnc1400
slingc1400
tellc1400
wordc1400
yelpc1400
worka1425
utterc1444
outspeakc1449
yielda1450
arecchec1460
roose?a1475
cutc1525
to come forth with1532
bubble1536
prolate1542
report1548
prolocute1570
bespeak1579
wield1581
upbraid1587
up with (also mid) ——1594
name1595
upbrayc1600
discoursea1616
tonguea1616
to bring out1665
voice1665
emit1753
lip1789
to out with1802
pitch1811
go1836
to open one's head1843
vocabulize1861
shoot1915
verbal1920
be1982
society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]
uppec897
atewOE
sutelec1000
openOE
awnc1175
kithec1175
forthteec1200
tawnec1220
let witc1275
forthshowa1300
to pilt out?a1300
showa1300
barea1325
mythc1330
unfoldc1374
to open outc1390
assign1398
mustera1400
reyve?a1400
vouchc1400
manifest?a1425
outshowc1425
ostendc1429
explayc1443
objecta1500
reveala1500
patefy?1509
decipher1529
relieve1533
to set outa1540
utter1542
report1548
unbuckle1548
to set forth1551
demonstrate1553
to hold forth1560
testify1560
explicate1565
forthsetc1565
to give show of1567
denudec1572
exhibit1573
apparent1577
display?1578
carry1580
cipher1583
laya1586
foreshow1590
uncloud?1594
vision1594
explain1597
proclaim1597
unroll1598
discloud1600
remonstrate1601
resent1602
to bring out1608
palesate1613
pronounce1615
to speak out1623
elicit1641
confess1646
bear1657
breathe1667
outplay1702
to throw out1741
evolve1744
announce1781
develop1806
exfoliate1808
evince1829
exposit1882
pack1925
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Biv The bread & wyne..were prophane and vnholy, before the wordes of the institution of the sayd supper were duely reported upon them.
b. intransitive. Of a quality: to manifest itself, be present in. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)]
beeOE
rixle?c1225
to be therea1300
to stand toa1382
to stand bya1398
report1560
reside1620
to take place1622
render1874
feature1941
1560 Proude Wyues Pater Noster sig. Ciii Oure soules from synne to preserue clere, That the flame of charyte in vs reporte.
c. transitive. To involve or imply. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > communicate secretively [verb (transitive)] > have hidden meaning
import?a1425
imply1529
inferc1530
report1565
connotate1596
connote1664
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xii. 463 Whiche manner not reporting any vntrueth, S. Basile dooth excuse in the settinge foorth of a disputation.
d. transitive. To demonstrate, make known. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 64 Honour serveth to report our reverent respect to God.
6.
a. transitive (reflexive). To inform the relevant authority that one has arrived or is present in a certain place; to present oneself. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (reflexive)] > report one's arrival
report1798
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (reflexive)] > arrive at > record arrival
report1798
1798 Green's Almanack & Reg.1799 32 Aliens are to report themselves to the clerk of the district court.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Every officer on his arrival..must report himself to the governor.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 17 This rising in La Vendée reports itself at Paris on Wednesday the 29th of August.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xxii. 183 On the Monday morning, at a quarter before nine, Herbert went to the counting-house to report himself—to look about him, too, I suppose.
1916 M. Gyte Diary 12 Aug. (1999) 97 Our poor Tony received his military papers to report himself at Bakewell on Aug. 26th.
a1969 D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) 170 Complying with the regulations then in force for foreigners, I reported myself to the police.
2000 D. Fraser Jews of Channel Islands & Rule of Law, 1940–1945 xii. 197 Clearly, the process in Guernsey involved more than a decision by the Jews to report themselves to a reluctant Inspector.
b. intransitive. To present oneself formally or officially to a particular authority or for a particular purpose. Cf. sense 6a. Also with in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > be present [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself or itself
to make (one's) muster1419
presenta1425
to come fortha1535
to come forwards1550
to turn up1663
to come forward1683
report1815
to show up1827
show1848
to show the flag1937
society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive [verb (intransitive)] > report one's arrival
report1815
to check in or out1918
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive > record arrival
report1815
to sign in1903
to check in or out1918
1815 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 4 318 On the 16th of October, [he] was discharged from the Hospital, and reported for duty.
1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road i. 10 The new hand reached the boiler-deck, and reported to the mate.
1917 M. Gyte Diary 16 Apr. (1999) 126 Our Tony started from home at a quarter past six this morning to..Derby where he reported (Normanton Barracks).
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam viii. 159 ‘I'm reporting in,’ I told him, handing over my orders.
1975 I. McEwan First Love, Last Rites (1976) 84 They made me report to a probation officer twice a week.
1990 Pilot Sept. 6/1 Student pilots, some of whom reported for booked lessons to find Donoghue's premises empty and the aircraft flown away.
2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 June 18/1 Nadelman's initial reaction to the guns of August was to want to travel through Germany and report for duty as a reservist in the Russian Army.
7. transitive. With direct speech as object: to state as fact.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)]
speakc900
sayOE
sayOE
tell?a1160
to put forth?c1225
posea1325
allegec1330
declarec1330
exponec1380
to bring fortha1382
expounda1382
terminec1384
allaya1387
express1386
proport1387
purport1389
cough1393
generalize?a1425
deliverc1454
expremec1470
to show forth1498
promisea1500
term1546
to set forward1560
attribute1563
to throw out1573
quote1575
dictate1599
rendera1616
preport1616
enunciate1623
remonstrate1625
state1642
pronunciate1652
annunciate1763
present1779
enounce1805
report1842
constate1865
lodge1885
outen1951
1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene II. ii. 160 ‘She has steerage way, Sir’, reported Bob Cross.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 50/3 ‘He says he's goin' to garden it’, his mother reported brightly, ‘an' he wants me to stop workin' out.’
1977 B. Freemantle Charlie Muffin iv. 45 ‘Completely misread the interview,’ he reported.
2002 New Yorker 19 Aug. 70/3 The owner of Citarella..gave a white apricot to Martha Stewart when she came into the East Hampton branch of the store, and ‘she was blown away by it’, Mufson reported.
8.
a. intransitive. To write reports for a publication; to act or work as a reporter for.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > journalism > [verb (intransitive)] > report
report1850
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Report,..to discharge the office of a reporter for the newspaper press.
1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Galaxy Nov. 726/2 Tending bar, and reporting for the newspapers.
1888 L. Stephen in Dict. National Biogr. XV. 21/1 For two sessions he reported for the ‘Mirror of Parliament’.
1913 Times 12 Nov. 3/1 Mr. Justice Ridley referred to the law reporting in our columns, saying that he understood that barristers no longer reported for The Times.
2001 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 18/7 Mercedes Sayagues, a Uruguayan who reports for the Mail & Guardian of South Africa, was given 24 hours to leave.
b. intransitive. To cover an event or subject as a journalist or broadcaster. Also with on.
ΚΠ
1919 W. Lewis Caliph's Design i. v. 21 Do you suppose that the art-man who reports on the French Show in Tottenham Court Road and describes the ‘horror’ of these pictures, really thinks that they are in any way blood-curdling?
1943 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 22 Nov. (headline) AP correspondent reports on army air force pilots who bombed Bastion last Friday.
1974 Radio Times 28 Feb. 35/5 The World Tonight: News—Douglas Stuart reporting.
2008 Guardian 4 Nov. ii. 30/1 Jeremy Paxman reports from the US election.
II. Senses relating to reference.
9. † a. transitive (reflexive). To take oneself to a person or place for information, guidance, or support; to appeal to. Cf. refer v. 1a. Obsolete.† b. transitive. To refer (a person) to a person or place for information or guidance regarding a particular matter. Also with the matter concerned as object. Obsolete.† c. transitive (reflexive). Without to. To make appeal or reference. Obsolete. rare.† d. transitive. To have relation or reference to something. Cf. report n. 9. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [verb (reflexive)] > appeal
reportc1425
address1567
apply1591
ply1668
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 102 (MED) Þe ȝemen shul goo on þeire offices bihalfe and axe þeire fees, þe which I reporte mo [read me] to þe old statutis and custumes of þe kyngges hous.
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §49. m. 7 As for the article of Anjoy and Mayn, he [sc. the duke of Suffolk] reporteth hym to the acte that is made theruppon..saiyng that other lordes were as privy therto as he.
a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 31 Reporte the to the moste holsom counsel.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. ee.iv She is both good eke fayre and pure As I report me vnto dame Nature.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 405 There is no such Hebrue worde,..as I report mee to all that haue but meane knowledge in the tongue.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1804) 241 How deere the licence were to the merchands, I repoirt me to thair purses [not in ed. 1825].
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 297 For farther proofe..I report me to euery mans conscience.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xvii. 258 I report my self to any that have not the pearl of prejudice in the eye of their judgement.
1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng.& Wales I. Pref. 115 For proof of this,..I report myself to any man of judgment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence > from specific source
report1498
refer?1531
1498 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 190 Aithir of the sadis partiis ar reportit in that part belangin that mater to the consale..of Robert Lundy.
?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xii. f. 17v Towchyng the very credence of the treuth of the mater I report that to ye authours.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxviii. 94 We report the reader to the character of King Almerick.
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?a1525 (c1450) Christ's Burial & Resurrection i. 133 in F. J. Furnivall Digby Plays (1896) 176 I reporte me; your-self behold & see!
1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell 51 b How wele these two wrytynges agre, I report me.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)]
haveeOE
toucha1325
to have respect to (formerly also unto)a1398
connex?1541
report1548
bear1556
respect1614
to stand to ——1634
owe1644
connect1751
to tie in1958
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Giv Thys partecle..as it is a pronoune relatyve..therfor reporteth declareth, & respecteth hys antecedent.
e. transitive. Scots Law. Of a judge: to refer (a case or an aspect of a case) to a body of judges, esp. the Inner House, for decision. Now rare.
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1675 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 117 That the proces shall..be carried..to the Ordinary, that he may peruse the same and that he endeavour to report to the Lords the points taken to interloquitor the nixt day thereafter.
1722 W. Forbes Institutes I. iv. 208 When any Ordinary agrees to report a Cause, or some Point..to the whole Lords.
1785 W. M. Morison Decisions Court of Session 850 The cause was reported by the Lord Ordinary.
1798 Monthly Mag. Sept. 175 When the Lord Ordinary, instead of giving a decision himself, reports the cause, on account of its intricacy or importance to the whole judges.
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 852 Reporting the case, as it is expressed, to the Inner House.
1931 Encycl. Laws Scotl. XI. 578 Where the Lord Ordinary reports the whole cause he pronounces an interlocutor reporting the cause, which is sent to the roll of the Division.
2000 Times (Nexis) 9 May Mr Coutts had reported the case to the Inner House.
10.
a. transitive. To echo back, reflect (a sound). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo
answera1425
redoublea1542
rebound1555
return1557
reply1565
report1589
re-echo1595
repercuss?a1597
render1598
reverberate1603
respeak1604
reverb1608
retort1609
reword1609
revoice1610
refract1621
to give back1889
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. C.2 The ragged hills and rocky towers reporte, By Ecchoes, voyce, the quest of Noble hounds.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §249 If you speak three Words, it [sc. the chapel] will (perhaps) some three times report you the whole three Words.
b. transitive. To cause to re-echo or resound. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > resound [verb (transitive)] > reverberate or echo > cause
reportc1595
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxi. 12 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 117 Lett trumpetts tunes report his praise.
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 137 Sighing to the winds, and calling upon the woods, not forgetting to report his mistresses name so often.
c. transitive. To fire (a gun); to be the cause or occasion of firing. Obsolete. rare.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)]
loosec1400
fire1508
let1553
pop1595
report1605
unlade1611
to fire off1706
to let off1714
squib1811
to set off1881
to ease off1916
poop1917
1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 1436 The Castell discharged fiftie canon, and the king of Englands ship lying before the Castell, reported as many... Euery health reported sixe, eight, or ten shot of great Ordinance, so that during the kings abode, the ship discharged 160. shot.
11. transitive. To fit (a firework) with a report (report n. 8b). Usually in passive. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > light > firework > [verb (transitive)] > fit with a charge
report1873
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 133/2 On each of the five spokes tie a case of brilliant fire, reported at its end.
1888 W. H. Browne Firework Making 43 The saucissons having been all reported, proceed to ‘dub in’ the ends.
Compounds
report-back n. a report made after investigating or assessing the state or progress of something; cf. to report back at sense 3c.
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1961 Writer's Digest June 54/1 Discussion leaders in planning sessions, report-backs on field surveys, and criticism of work being done.
1989 E. Mashinini Strikes have followed Me iii. 27 When we had our report-back from the union after negotiating, we would boo and say what we were being offered was too little.
2008 A. D. Foster Quofum 26 Not that the prescribed hourly report-backs had revealed anything other than excitement at each new discovery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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