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noun

  1. Documentary evidence

    manuscript, inscription, transcription, account, report, history, legend, story, writing, written material, document.

    Types of records include: register, catalog, list, inventory, file, database, ledger, itinerary, narration, memo, memorandum, registry, schedule, chronicle, docket, scroll, archive, note, contract, statement, will, testament, petition, calendar, log, logbook, letter, memoir, reminiscence, dictation, confession, deposition, inscription, official record, sworn document, evidence, license, bulletin, gazette, newspaper, magazine, annual report, journal, Congressional Record, transactions, debates, bill, annals, presidential order, state paper, white paper, blue book, budget, report, entry, book, publication, autograph, signature, vital statistics, deed, paper, diary, stenographic notes, ledger, daybook, almanac, proceedings, minutes, description, affidavit, certificate, muniment, memorabilium, transcript, dossier, roll, audiotape, videotape, computer disk, computer diskette, floppy disk, hard disk, CD-ROM, mag tape, magnetic tape.

  2. One's past

    career, experience, work, accomplishment, background, case history, studies, credentials, way of life, past behavior, past performance, reign, administration, official conduct, track record*; see also life 2, résumé 2.

  3. A device for the reproduction of sound

    recording, disk, album, compact disk, CD, phonograph record, LP, laser disk, single, release, wax cylinder, wax plate, recording wire, transcription, canned music, cut*, take*, platter*; see also cassette.

go on record

assert, attest, state, issue a public statement; see declare 1.

off the record

confidential, unofficial, secret, not for publication; see private, secret 1, 3.

on record

recorded, stated, official, on the record; see public 1, recorded.

verb

  1. To write down

    register, write, write in, put down, mark down, jot down, set down, note down, take down, put on record, transcribe, list, note, file, mark, inscribe, log, catalog, tabulate, put in writing, put in black and white, chronicle, keep accounts, keep an account of, make a written account of, put on paper, preserve, make an entry in, chalk up, write up, enter, enroll, matriculate, report, book, post, journalize, copy, document, insert, enumerate, spill ink; see also write 1, 2.

  2. To indicate

    point out, point to, register, show; see designate 1, read 3.

  3. To record electronically

    tape, cut, make a record of, make a tape, tape-record, videotape, film, photograph, cut a record.

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