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re·port       (rĭ-pôrt' -pōrt')  Pronunciation Key  n.   An account presented usually in detail. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group. Law A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural. Common talk; rumor or gossip: According to report, they eloped. Reputation; repute: a person of bad report. An explosive noise: the report of a rifle. v.   re·port·ed, re·port·ing, re·ports v.   tr. To make or present an often official, formal, or regular account of. To relate or tell about; present: report one's findings. See Synonyms at describe. To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast: report the news. To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning: The committee reported the bill. To carry back and repeat to another: reported the rumor of a strike. To complain about or denounce: reported them to the principal. v.   intr. To make a report. To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media. To present oneself: report for duty. 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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report
noun
1.	a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
2.	the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
3.	a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "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); "they heard a violent report followed by silence"
5.	a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card" [syn: report card]
6.	an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: composition]
7.	the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" [syn: reputation]
verb
1.	to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
2.	announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research"
3.	announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"
4.	make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"
5.	be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"
6.	complain about; make a charge against; "I reported her to the supervisor"

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report

A confirmation of a transaction at the time of execution.

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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>

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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>

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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.

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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.

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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.