an account in permanent form, esp in writing, preserving knowledge or information about facts or events
2.
a written account of some transaction that serves as legal evidence of the transaction
3.
a written official report of the proceedings of a court of justice or legislative body, including the judgments given or enactments made
4.
anything serving as evidence or as a memorial
the First World War is a record of human folly
5. (often plural)
information or data on a specific subject collected methodically over a long period
weather records
6.
a.
the best or most outstanding amount, rate, height, etc, ever attained, as in some field of sport
an Olympic record
a world record
to break the record for the long jump
b.
(as modifier)
a record time
7.
the sum of one's recognized achievements, career, or performance
the officer has an excellent record
8.
a list of crimes of which an accused person has previously been convicted, which are known to the police but may only be disclosed to a court in certain circumstances
9. have a record
10. Also called: gramophone record, disc
a thin disc of a plastic material upon which sound has been recorded. Each side has a spiral groove, which undulates in accordance with the frequency and amplitude of the sound. Records were formerly made from a shellac-based compound but were latermade from vinyl plastics
11.
the markings made by a recording instrument such as a seismograph
12. computing
a group of data or piece of information preserved as a unit in machine-readable form
13.
(in some computer languages) a data structure designed to allow the handling of groups of related pieces of information as though the group were a single entity
14. for the record
15. go on record
16. off the record
17. on record
18. put the record straight
verb (rɪˈkɔːd)(mainly tr)
19.
to set down in some permanent form so as to preserve the true facts of
to record the minutes of a meeting
20.
to contain or serve to relate (facts, information, etc)
21.
to indicate, show, or register
his face recorded his disappointment
22.
to remain as or afford evidence of
these ruins record the life of the Romans in Britain
23. (also intr)
to make a recording of (music, speech, etc) for reproduction, or for later broadcasting
24. (also intr)
(of an instrument) to register or indicate (information) on a scale
the barometer recorded a low pressure
Derived forms
recordable (reˈcordable)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French recorder to call to mind, from Latin recordārī to remember, from re- + cor heart
Examples of 'gramophone record' in a sentence
gramophone record
It's a bit like an old gramophone record.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So in that week do your bit and buy the gramophone record or download (whatever that is).
The Sun (2010)
Piano arrangements of orchestral works fulfilled the function of the gramophone record in the 19th century.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She sang in the local choir, read books and listened to gramophone records.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
In 1945, gramophone records spun at 78 rpm, and broke if you dropped them.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
In addition to taking lessons, she'd spend hours with her best friend making up stories and dances, accompanied by gramophone records.
Globe and Mail (2003)
It opens with a son, aged 50 or so, visiting his old family home and finding some gramophone records.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He said that sifting through just a few of the boxes had revealed items including television circuitry, piano keys, teeth and gramophone records.