record

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

• “the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques”

the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

• “at 9-0 they have the best record in their league”

an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

• “he tied the Olympic record”
• “coffee production last year broke all previous records”
• “Chicago set the homicide record”

sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

the sum of recognized accomplishments

• “the lawyer has a good record”
• “the track record shows that he will be a good president”

a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

• “he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court”
• “the prostitute had a record a mile long”

a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

• “Al Smith used to say,”
• “s look at the record”
• “;”

a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

• “they could find no record of the purchase”

make a record of; set down in permanent form

register electronically

• “They recorded her singing”

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• “The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero”
• “The gauge read”
• “'”

be aware of

• “Did you register any change when I pressed the button?”

be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

• “This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps”
• “We memorialized the Dead”