report
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpɔːt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpoɹt/
ipa: /ɹəˈpoɹt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈpoːt/
ipa: /ɹəˈpoːt/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹt/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈpoət/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: reports
Etymology: From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.
Senses: examples: text: A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
text: Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
ref: 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
examples: text: I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 36”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Reputation.
examples: text: While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Cabin Table”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 166:
text: […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: He knelt upon one knee, cocked the weapon, placed the muzzle against the man's forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the trigger. There was no report. He had used his last cartridge for the horse.
ref: 1889, Ambrose Bierce, The Coup de Grâce:
text: Waziri’s warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the direction of the village. For a few minutes, the sharp cracking of guns ahead warned them to haste, but finally the reports dwindled to an occasional shot, presently ceasing altogether.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg, published March 1915, →OCLC:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
examples: text: The revelation that boss of one year Laurent Freixe was conducting an undisclosed affair with a direct report has rocked a 159-year-old conglomerate that pioneered infant formula and milk chocolate before growing to become the world's largest food and beverage company.
ref: 2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
topics: business
synonyms: subordinate
glosses: An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
Derived terms: sense: piece of information
word: on report
sense: piece of information
word: report card
sense: piece of information
word: Gladue report
sense: employee
word: direct report
sense: employee
word: indirect report
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word: annual report
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word: book report
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word: by-report
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word: case report
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word: co-report
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word: credit report
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word: incident report
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word: internship report
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word: medical report
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word: minority report
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word: morning report
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word: news report
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word: police report
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word: progress report
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word: property irregularity report
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word: self-report
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word: self report
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word: spot report
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word: status report
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word: sugar report
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word: TPS report
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word: weather report