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re⋅port

  [ri-pawrt, -pohrt]
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–noun
1. an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
2. a statement or announcement.
3. a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip.
4. an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication.
5. a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon.
6. a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time.
7. Computers. output, esp. printed, containing organized information.
8. a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice.
9. reports, Law. a collection of adjudications.
10. repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report.
–verb (used with object)
11. to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard.
12. to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation.
13. to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit.
14. to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often fol. by out): The committee reported out the bill.
15. to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating.
16. to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing.
17. to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements.
18. to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing.
19. to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper.
20. to relate or tell.
–verb (used without object)
21. to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like.
22. to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper.
23. to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick.
24. to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101.
—Idiom
25. on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action.
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) ME reporten < MF reporter, OF < L reportāre to carry back, equiv. to re- re- + portāre to carry (see port 5 ); (n.) ME < MF, deriv. of reporter

Related forms:
re⋅port⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. description, story. 2. bulletin, dispatch. 5. shot, detonation. 11, 12. relay. 15. accuse. 20. narrate, rehearse, recount, describe, detail, repeat.
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re·port   (rĭ-pôrt' -pōrt')   
n.  
  1. An account presented usually in detail.
  2. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group.
  3. Law A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural.
  4. Common talk; rumor or gossip: According to report, they eloped.
  5. Reputation; repute: a person of bad report.
  6. An explosive noise: the report of a rifle.
v.   re·port·ed, re·port·ing, re·ports

v.   tr.
  1. To make or present an often official, formal, or regular account of.
  2. To relate or tell about; present: report one's findings. See Synonyms at describe.
  3. To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast: report the news.
  4. To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning: The committee reported the bill.
  5. To carry back and repeat to another: reported the rumor of a strike.
  6. To complain about or denounce: reported them to the principal.
v.   intr.
  1. To make a report.
  2. To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.
  3. To present oneself: report for duty.
  4. To be accountable: She reports directly to the board of directors.
Phrasal Verb(s):
report outTo return after deliberation to a legislative body for action: The committee reported the new tax bill out.

Idiom(s):
on reportSubject to disclipinary action.

[Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportāre : re-, re- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·port'a·ble adj.
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Report

Re*port"\ (r?-p?rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.]

1. To refer. [Obs.]

Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description. --Fuller.

2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

There is no man that may reporten all. --Chaucer.

3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. --Shak.

It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. --Neh. vi. 6.

4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] "A church with windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times." --Bacon.

6. (Parliamentary Practice) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.

7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably. --Acts xvi. 2.

To report one's self, to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Syn: To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.

Report

Re*port"\ (r?-p?rt"), v. i. 1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.

2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

Report

Re*port"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]rt"), n. [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]

1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." --Waller. (b) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. --1 Kings x. 6.

Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews. --Acts x. 22. (c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like. (e) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports. (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.

2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]

The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to. --Evelyn.

Syn: Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.
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Language Translation for : REPORT
Spanish: informe,
German: der Bericht,
Japanese: 報告
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report  (n.)
c.1374, "an account brought by one person to another, rumor," from O.Fr. report (Mod.Fr. rapport), from reporter "to tell, relate," from L. reportare "carry back," from re- "back" + portare "to carry" (see port (1)). Meaning "formal statement of results of an investigation" first attested 1661; sense of "teacher's official statement of a pupil's work and behavior" is from 1873 (report card first attested 1929). Meaning "resounding noise" is from 1590. The verb is attested from c.1386. Reporter (c.1386) in the newspaper sense is from 1798; hence reportorial, irregular formation first recorded 1858. Reportage "the describing of events" is from 1891.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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report

A confirmation of a transaction at the time of execution.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: re·port
Function: noun
: a usually detailed account or statement: as a : an account or statement of the facts of a case heard and of the decision and opinion of the court or of a quasi-judicial tribunal determining the case b : a written submission of a question of law (as by a lower court) to an appellate court for review before final decision is entered c : a usually formal and sometimes official statement giving the conclusions and recommendations of a person (as a master) or group (as a legislative committee) authorized or delegated to consider a matter or proposal report on the bill> d : a usually formal account of the results of an investigation given by a person or group delegated or authorized to make the investigation e : an analysis of operations and progress and a statement of future plans made at stated intervals by an administrator or executive or group of executives to those to whom such a report is owed report to the stockholders>

Main Entry: report
Function: transitive verb
1 a : to make a written record or summary of <report a case> b : to make a shorthand record of
2 a : to give a formal or official account or statement of b : to return or present (a matter officially referred for consideration) with conclusions or recommendations; specifically : REPORT OUT c : to announce or relate as the result of a special search, examination, or investigation d : to make known to the proper authorities <reported the fire> e : to make a charge of misconduct against <reported him for harassment> intransitive verb 1 : to present oneself <reported for jury duty>
2 : to make, issue, submit, or present a report report this afternoon>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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