1. (noun) record
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. (noun) phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
3. (noun) record
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
"at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
4. (noun) record, track record
the sum of recognized accomplishments
"the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"
5. (noun) record, record book, book
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"
6. (noun) record
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. (noun) record
a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
"they could find no record of the purchase"
8. (verb) criminal record, record
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"
9. (verb) record, enter, put down
make a record of; set down in permanent form
10. (verb) record, tape
register electronically
"They recorded her singing"
11. (verb) read, register, show, record
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
"The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
12. (verb) record, register
be aware of
"Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
13. (verb) commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record
be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
"This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
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Definition of 'record' 
