an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
a statement or announcement.
a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.
an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., especially as taken down for publication.
a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.
a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.
Computers. output, especially printed, containing organized information.
a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.
reports,Law. a collection of adjudications.
repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.
verb (used with object)
to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.
to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.
to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.
to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often followed by out): The committee reported out the bill.
to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.
to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.
to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.
to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.
to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.
to relate or tell.
verb (used without object)
to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.
to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.
to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.
to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.
Idioms for report
on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.
Origin of report
1325–75; (v.) Middle English reporten<Middle French reporter,Old French <Latin reportāre to carry back, equivalent to re-re- + portāre to carry (see port5); (noun) Middle English <Middle French, derivative of reporter
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British Dictionary definitions for report
report
/ (rɪˈpɔːt) /
noun
an account prepared for the benefit of others, esp one that provides information obtained through investigation and published in a newspaper or broadcast
a statement made widely known; rumouraccording to report, he is not dead
an account of the deliberations of a committee, body, etca report of parliamentary proceedings
Britisha statement on the progress, academic achievement, etc, of each child in a school, written by teachers and sent to the parents or guardian annually or each term
a written account of a case decided at law, giving the main points of the argument on each side, the court's findings, and the decision reached
comment on a person's character or actions; reputationhe is of good report here
a sharp loud noise, esp one made by a gun
verb (when tr, may take a clause as object; when intr , often foll by on)
to give an account (of); describe
to give an account of the results of an investigation (into)to report on housing conditions
(of a committee, legislative body, etc) to make a formal report on (a bill)
(tr)to complain about (a person), esp to a superiorI'll report you to the teacher
(tr)to reveal information about (a fugitive, escaped prisoner, etc) esp concerning his whereabouts
(intr)to present oneself or be present at an appointed place or for a specific purposereport to the manager's office
(intr)to say or show that one is (in a certain state)to report fit
(intr foll by to) to be responsible to and under the authority ofthe plant manager reports to the production controller
(intr)to act as a reporter for a newspaper or for radio or television
lawto take down in writing details of (the proceedings of a court of law) as a record or for publication
Derived forms of report
reportable, adjective
Word Origin for report
C14: from Old French, from reporter to carry back, from Latin reportāre, from re- + portāre to carry