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re·port       (rĭ-pôrt' -pōrt')  Pronunciation Key 
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 out
To return after deliberation to a legislative body for action: The committee reported the new tax bill out.

Idiom(s):
on report
Subject 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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reported

adjective
made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings" [ant: unreported] 

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