2. (noun)phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter soundrecording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonographneedle 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"
8. (noun)criminal record, record a list of crimes for which an accusedperson 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"
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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