report

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To relate details of (an event or incident)

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

2. 2

   To repeat (something one has heard), to retell

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

3. 3

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

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

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   1. 4

      To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.)

      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.
   2. 5

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

      • If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
   3. 6

      To show up or appear at an appointed time

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

   4. 7

      To write news reports (for)

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

      • Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.
      • Every newspaper reported the war.
      • In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
   5. 8

      To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy

      To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).

      • The financial director reports to the CEO.
      • Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
      • Although she was junior to [Barret] Zoph, the report said that she did not report directly to him.
   6. 9

      To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter…

      To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.

      • The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
   7. 10

      To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.)

      To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.

   8. 11

      To refer.

   9. 12

      To return or repeat, as sound

      To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.

      • a church with windows only from above[…] that reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times
   10. 13

       Of a ship, to return to a port.

       • Our ship leaves port on Monday and will re-port on Friday.
   11. 14

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

       A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

       • A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
       • Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
   12. 15

       Reputation.

       • I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
       • Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth.
   13. 16

       The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.

       • While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
       • […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
       • He knelt upon one knee, cocked the weapon, placed the muzzle against the man's forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the trigger. There was no report. He had used his last cartridge for the horse.
   14. 17

       An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.

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