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v. re·cord·ed, re·cord·ing, re·cords v.tr. 1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form: She recorded her thoughts in a diary. 2. To register or indicate: The clerk recorded the votes. 3. a. To render (sound or images) into permanent form for reproduction in a magnetic or electronic medium. b. To record the words, sound, appearance, or performance of (someone or something): recorded the oldest townspeople on tape; recorded the violin concerto. v.intr. To record something. n. rec·ord (rĕkərd) Idioms: 1. a. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge. b. Something on which such an account is based. c. Something that records: a fossil record. 2. Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved: the coldest day on record. 3. The known history of performance, activities, or achievement: your academic record; hampered by a police record. 4. An unsurpassed measurement: a world record in weightlifting; a record for cold weather. 5. Computers A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit. 6. Law A transcript or a collection of statements and related information reporting the proceedings of a legislative body, a court, or an executive. 7. a. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph. b. A musical recording that is issued on a medium of some kind. go on record To embrace a certain position publicly: go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection. off the record Not for publication: The senator told the reporters that his remarks were strictly off the record. on record Known to have been stated or to have taken a certain position: The senator's opposition to the new legislation is on record. [Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī, to remember : re-, re- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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