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Noun record has 8 senses

record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
--₁ is a kind of evidence
--₁ has particulars:
written record, written account; memorabilia; stub, check stub, counterfoil; file, data file; history, account, chronicle, story; working papers

Derived forms: verb record₅, verb record₁
record - the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
--₂ is a kind of number
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"
--₃ is a kind of attainment
--₃ has particulars: track record; world record
phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter - sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
--₄ is a kind of sound recording, audio recording
--₄ has parts: acetate disk, phonograph recording disk
--₄ has particulars: LP, L-P
Derived form: verb record₂
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 is a kind of accomplishment, achievement
criminal record, record - a list of crimes for which an accused person 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"
--₆ is a kind of list, listing
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 recordbooks"
--₇ is a kind of fact
--₇ has particulars: logbook; won-lost record; card, scorecard
record - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
--₈ is a kind of document
--₈ has particulars:
balance sheet; expense record; ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book; payslip; register; bankbook, passbook; checkbook, chequebook

Derived form: verb record₁

Verb record has 5 senses

record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form
--₁ is one way to save, preserve

Derived forms: noun record₈, noun record₁, noun recorder₂, noun recorder₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing"
--₂ is one way to record, enter, put down
Antonyms: erase, delete

Derived forms: noun record₄, noun recorder₁, noun recording₂
Sample sentence:
They will record the duet
read, register, show, record - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
--₃ is one way to indicate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
record, register - be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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"
--₅ is one way to remind

Derived form: noun record₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something