record

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
  2. noun sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
  3. noun the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

Etymology

From Middle English recorde, borrowed from Old French record, from recorder. See record.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
evidence
Narrower (hyponyms)
stub, written record, memorabilia, file, history, working papers

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