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Report   /ripˈɔrt/  /rɪpˈɔrt/   Listen
Report

noun
1.
A written document describing the findings of some individual or group.  Synonyms: study, written report.
2.
The act of informing by verbal report.  Synonym: account.  "By all accounts they were a happy couple"
3.
A short account of the news.  Synonyms: account, news report, story, write up.  "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.
A sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing).
5.
A written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment.  Synonym: report card.
6.
An essay (especially one written as an assignment).  Synonyms: composition, paper, theme.
7.
The general estimation that the public has for a person.  Synonym: reputation.  "He was a person of bad report"
verb
(past & past part. reported; pres. part. reporting)
1.
To give an account or representation of in words.  Synonyms: account, describe.
2.
Announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding.  "The team reported significant advances in their research"
3.
Announce one's presence.
4.
Make known to the authorities.
5.
Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism.  Synonym: cover.  "The cub reporter covered New York City"
6.
Complain about; make a charge against.



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"Report" Quotes from Famous Books



... is under study now by a very capable fact-finding commission, and any attempt to deal with the coal problem, of such deep concern to the entire Nation, must await the report ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... to tell you," said Larue in a low voice, "that some of the men report having encountered Indians ...
— The Pony Rider Boys in Montana • Frank Gee Patchin
... truth, however, the Count was anxious to hear from the Sultan before beginning a career. The man who was to be sent to him might appear any hour, making it advisable to keep close home. He had a report of the journey to Italy, and of succeeding events, including his arrival at Constantinople, ready draughted, and was impatient to forward it. A word of approval from Mahommed would be to him like a new spirit given. He counted upon it as a ...
— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace
... the boy was thereafter known as Edgar Allan Poe. He was a beautiful and precocious child, who at six years of age could read, draw, dance, and declaim the best poetry with fine effect and appreciation; report says, also, that he had been taught to stand on a chair and pledge Mr. Allan's guests in a glass of wine ...
— Selections From Poe • J. Montgomery Gambrill
... tells me the report runs that Mrs. Roy contemplated being of the company, but was overtaken by her husband and brought ...
— Verner's Pride • Mrs. Henry Wood


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