RECORDS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Middle English: from Old French record ‘remembrance’, from recorder ‘bring to remembrance’, from Latin recordari ‘remember’, based on cor, cord- ‘heart’. The noun was earliest used in law to denote the fact of being written down as evidence. The verb originally meant ‘narrate orally or in writing’, also ‘repeat so as to commit to memory’

a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form

thing constituting piece of evidence about past

• you should keep a written record
• identification was made through dental records
• a record of meter readings
• there is no record of his having graduated

the sum of the past achievements or performance of a person, organization, or thing

sum of past achievements or performance of person or thing

• the safety record at the airport is first class
• the team preserved their unbeaten home record

the best performance or most remarkable event of its kind

best performance or most remarkable event of its kind

• he held the world record for over a decade
• record profits

a thin plastic disc carrying recorded sound in grooves on each surface, for reproduction by a record player

thin plastic disc carrying recorded sound in grooves on each surface

• I'm listening to records in my room

set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference

set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference

• they were asked to keep a diary and record everything they ate or drank

convert (sound or a performance) into a permanent form for subsequent reproduction or broadcast

convert sound or performance into permanent form on tape

• they were recording a guitar recital
• I would go into the studio while the guys were recording