Definitions for report
rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrtre·port

Princeton's WordNet(3.83 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. report, study, written reportnoun

   a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

   "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"

2. report, accountnoun

   the act of informing by verbal report

   "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

3. report, news report, story, account, write upnoun

   a short account of the news

   "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

4. reportnoun

   a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)

   "they heard a violent report followed by silence"

5. report card, reportnoun

   a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment

   "his father signed his report card"

6. composition, paper, report, themenoun

   an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

   "he got an A on his composition"

7. reputation, reportverb

   the general estimation that the public has for a person

   "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"

8. report, describe, accountverb

   to give an account or representation of in words

   "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

9. reportverb

   announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding

   "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research"

10. reportverb

    announce one's presence

    "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"

11. reportverb

    make known to the authorities

    "One student reported the other to the principal"

12. report, coververb

    be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

    "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"

13. reportverb

    complain about; make a charge against

    "I reported her to the supervisor"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. reportnoun

   A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone.

   A report by the telecommunications ministry showed that the phone network has a severe capacity problem.

2. reportnoun

   (ballistics) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

3. reportverb

   To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).

4. reportverb

   To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).

5. reportverb

   To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.

6. reportverb

   Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.

   For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.

7. reportverb

   To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).

   If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.

8. reportverb

   To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.

9. reportverb

   To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.

   Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.

10. reportverb

    To be accountable.

    The financial director reports to the CEO.

11. Etymology: From reporter, reporter, and their source, reportare, from re- + portare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Reportnoun

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. Rumour; popular fame.2. Repute; publick character.

   My body’s mark’d
   With Roman swords; and my report was once
   First with the best of note. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   In all approving ourselves as the ministers of God, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report. 2 Cor. iv.

   3. Account returned.

   We command our ambassadors to make report unto you. 1 Mac. xii. 13.

   Sea nymphs enter with the swelling tide;
   From Thetis sent as spies to make report,
   And tell the wonders of her sov’reign’s court. Edmund Waller.

   4. Account given by lawyers of cases.

   After a man has studied the general principles of the law, reading the reports of adjudged cases, will richly improve his mind. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   5. Sound; loud noise; repercussion.

   The stronger species drowneth the lesser; the report of an ordnance, the voice. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The lashing billows make a long report,
   And beat her sides. John Dryden, Ceyx and Alcyo.

2. To REPORTverb

   Etymology: rapporter, Fr.

   1. To noise by popular rumour.

   Is it upon record? or else reported successively from age to age? William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   It is reported,
   That good duke Humphry traiterously is murther’d. William Shakespeare.

   Report, say they, and we will report it. Jer. xx. 10.

   There is a king in Judah; and now shall it be reported to the king. Neh. vi. 7.

   2. To give repute.

   Timotheus was well reported of by the brethren. Acts xvi.

   A widow well reported of for good works. 1 Tim. v. 10.

   3. To give an account of.4. To return; to rebound; to give back.

   In Ticinum is a church with windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times, if you stand by the close end wall over against the door. Francis Bacon.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Reportverb

   to refer

2. Reportverb

   to bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress

3. Reportverb

   to give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported

4. Reportverb

   to give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures

5. Reportverb

   to return or repeat, as sound; to echo

6. Reportverb

   to return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry

7. Reportverb

   to make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker

8. Reportverb

   to write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race

9. Reportverb

   to make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer

10. Reportverb

    to make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock

11. Reportverb

    to furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication

12. Reportverb

    to present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter

13. Reportverb

    that which is reported

14. Reportverb

    an account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation

15. Reportverb

    a story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation

16. Reportverb

    sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon

17. Reportverb

    an official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like

18. Reportverb

    an account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports

19. Reportverb

    a sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc

20. Reportverb

    rapport; relation; connection; reference

Freebase(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Report

   A report or account is any informational work made with the specific intention of relaying information or recounting certain events in a widely presentable form. Written reports are documents which present focused, salient content to a specific audience. Reports are often used to display the result of an experiment, investigation, or inquiry. The audience may be public or private, an individual or the public in general. Reports are used in government, business, education, science, and other fields. Reports use features such as graphics, images, voice, or specialized vocabulary in order to persuade that specific audience to undertake an action. One of the most common formats for presenting reports is IMRAD: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. This structure is standard for the genre because it mirrors the traditional publication of scientific research and summons the ethos and credibility of that discipline. Reports are not required to follow this pattern, and may use alternative patterns like the problem-solution format. Additional elements often used to persuade readers include: headings to indicate topics, to more complex formats including charts, tables, figures, pictures, tables of contents, abstracts,and nouns summaries, appendices, footnotes, hyperlinks, and references.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Report

   rē-pōrt′, v.t. to bring back, as an answer or account of anything: to give an account of: to relate: to circulate publicly: to write down or take notes of, esp. for a newspaper: to lay a charge against: to echo back.—v.i. to make a statement: to write an account of occurrences.—n. a statement of facts: description: a formal or official statement, esp. of a judicial opinion or decision: rumour: sound: noise: (B.) repute: hearsay: reputation.—adj. Report′able, fit to be reported on.—ns. Report′age, report; Report′er, one who reports, esp. for a newspaper; Report′erism, the business of reporting; Report′ing, the act of drawing up reports—newspaper reporting.—adv. Report′ingly (Shak.), by common report.—adj. Reportō′rial.—Report one's self, to give information about one's self, one's whereabouts, &c.—Be reported of, to be spoken well or ill of. [O. Fr.,—L. reportāre—re-, back, portāre, to carry.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. report

   Sound; loud noise, as that made by the discharge of a rifle or a cannon.

2. report

   A specific statement of any particular occurrences. Officers making written reports are required to sign them, specifying the regiment to which they belong, and their rank.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. report

   An electronic document with an evaluation and information that is fundamental.

   Reports are normally created to evaluate something.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

2. report

   Be accountable to.

   He reports to himself as he is self-employed. She reports to her line manger in the universe.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

3. report

   To create a report.

   The report was easy and simple to read and understand.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 24, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Announce
   • Complain
   • Essay
   • Inform
   • Information
   • Noise

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'report' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #367

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'report' in Written Corpus Frequency: #436

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'report' in Nouns Frequency: #72

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'report' in Verbs Frequency: #123

Anagrams for report »

1. Perrot, perrot, porter, pretor, proter

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of report in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of report in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of report in a Sentence

1. Elaine Arnoldy:

   It's absolutely critical that we get all the information and that Congress has a chance to do their own investigation and to get down to the truth of what's going on, i was disappointed and concerned not so much about the report, but that the information is not being given and that we're not getting the Mueller report. We're getting the Barr version. And I think that could be very different.

2. Scott Greenberg:

   Taxpayers 65 and older are more likely than average to itemize deductions, and report higher charitable deductions as a percentage of their income than other age groups.

3. West Bank-based:

   While the commission's report is of no immediate legal effect, it may, nonetheless, pave the way for later investigations and potentially prosecutions of Israeli and Palestinian military personnel by the International Criminal Court by providing the ICC needed political cover, the fact that the commission was headed by Mary McGowan Davis, an esteemed American jurist, makes its impact all the greater, especially in the United States, where findings by U.N. bodies are regularly derided.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   What we know for sure is the FBI report did not corroborate any of the allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh. And the second thing we know for sure is that there's no way anything we did would satisfy the Democrats.

5. Jesse Hurwitz:

   This morning's report provides little new signal on the state of U.S. manufacturing. Demand for many categories of manufactured goods continues to struggle from the effect of a stronger dollar, weak foreign demand and lower energy prices.

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