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off-the-rec⋅ord

  [awf-thuh-rek-erd, of-]
Use off the record in a Sentence
–adjective
1. not for publication; not to be quoted: a candidate's off-the-record remarks to reporters.
2. confidential: off-the-record information.
Origin:
1930–35
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re⋅cord

  [v. ri-kawrd; n., adj. rek-erd]
–verb (used with object)
1. to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
2. to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote.
3. to state or indicate: He recorded his protest, but it was disregarded.
4. to serve to relate or to tell of: The document records that the battle took place six years earlier.
5. to set down or register in some permanent form, as on a seismograph.
6. to set down, register, or fix by characteristic marks, incisions, magnetism, etc., for the purpose of reproduction by a phonograph or magnetic reproducer.
7. to make a recording of: The orchestra recorded the 6th Symphony.
–verb (used without object)
8. to record something; make a record.
–noun record
9. an act of recording.
10. the state of being recorded, as in writing.
11. an account in writing or the like preserving the memory or knowledge of facts or events.
12. information or knowledge preserved in writing or the like.
13. a report, list, or aggregate of actions or achievements: He made a good record in college. The ship has a fine sailing record.
14. a legally documented history of criminal activity: They discovered that the suspect had a record.
15. something or someone serving as a remembrance; memorial: Keep this souvenir as a record of your visit.
16. the tracing, marking, or the like, made by a recording instrument.
17. something on which sound or images have been recorded for subsequent reproduction, as a grooved disk that is played on a phonograph or an optical disk for recording sound (audiodisk) or images (videodisk). Compare compact disk.
18. the highest or best rate, amount, etc., ever attained, esp. in sports: to hold the record for home runs; to break the record in the high jump.
19. Sports. the standing of a team or individual with respect to contests won, lost, and tied.
20. an official writing intended to be preserved.
21. Computers. a group of related fields, or a single field, treated as a unit and comprising part of a file or data set, for purposes of input, processing, output, or storage by a computer.
22. Law.
a. the commitment to writing, as authentic evidence, of something having legal importance, esp. as evidence of the proceedings or verdict of a court.
b. evidence preserved in this manner.
c. an authentic or official written report of proceedings of a court of justice.
–adjective record
23. making or affording a record.
24. surpassing or superior to all others: a record year for automobile sales.
—Idioms
25. go on record, to issue a public statement of one's opinion or stand: He went on record as advocating immediate integration.
26. off the record,
a. not intended for publication; unofficial; confidential: The President's comment was strictly off the record.
b. not registered or reported as a business transaction; off the books.
27. on record,
a. existing as a matter of public knowledge; known.
b. existing in a publication, document, file, etc.: There was no birth certificate on record.
Origin:
1175–1225; 1875–80 for def. 17; (v.) ME recorden < OF recorder < L recordārī to remember, recollect (re- re- + cord- (s. of cors) heart + -ārī inf. ending); (n.) ME record(e) < OF, deriv. of recorder; cf. ML recordum

Related forms:
re⋅cord⋅a⋅ble, adjective
rec⋅ord⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. register, enroll, enter, note. 11. chronicle, history, journal; note, memorandum.
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re·cord   (rĭ-kôrd')   
v.   re·cord·ed, re·cord·ing, re·cords

v.   tr.

  1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form.

  2. To register or indicate: The clerk recorded the votes.

    1. To register (sound or images) in permanent form by mechanical or electrical means for reproduction.

    2. To register the words, sound, appearance, or performance of by such means: recorded the oldest townspeople on tape; recorded the violin concerto.

v.   intr.
To record something.
n.   rec·ord (rěk'ərd)

    1. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

    2. Something on which such an account is based.

    3. Something that records: a fossil record.

    4. An account officially written and preserved as evidence or testimony.

    5. An account of judicial or legislative proceedings written and preserved as evidence.

    6. The documents or volumes containing such evidence.

    7. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

    8. Something, such as magnetic tape, on which sound or visual images have been recorded.

  2. Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved: the coldest day on record.

  3. The known history of performance, activities, or achievement: your academic record; hampered by a police record.

  4. An unsurpassed measurement: a world record in weightlifting; a record for cold weather.

  5. Computer Science A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.

  6. Law

    1. An account officially written and preserved as evidence or testimony.

    2. An account of judicial or legislative proceedings written and preserved as evidence.

    3. The documents or volumes containing such evidence.

    4. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

    5. Something, such as magnetic tape, on which sound or visual images have been recorded.

    1. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

    2. Something, such as magnetic tape, on which sound or visual images have been recorded.


[Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī, to remember : re-, re- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: rec·ord
Pronunciation: 're-k&rd
Function: noun
1 : the documentary account of something records>: as a : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer b : an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer c : the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding record> d : documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions —see also BUSINESS RECORDS EXCEPTION, PUBLIC RECORDS EXCEPTION
2 : something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded—of record 1 : on the record of the court in connection with a particular proceeding of record>
2 : being documented or attested
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

record re·cord (rĭ-kôrd')
v. re·cord·ed, re·cord·ing, re·cords

  1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form.

  2. To register or indicate.

n. rec·ord (rěk'ərd)

  1. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

  2. A medical record.

  3. In dentistry, a registration of desired jaw relations in a plastic material or on a device so that such relations may be transferred to an articulator.

  4. The known history of performance, activities, or achievement.

  5. A collection of related, often adjacent items of computer data, treated as a unit.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

off the record

Unofficially, in confidence, not for publication, as in What he was about to say, he told the reporters, was strictly off the record. Probably alluding to striking evidence from a court record (because it is irrelevant or improper), this term came into wide use in the mid-1900s, especially with reference to persons who did not wish to be quoted by journalists. For antonyms, see go on record; just for the record.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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