report /ri-pōrtˈ or -pörtˈ/

1. To convey (Spenser)
2. To bring back, as an answer, news or account of anything
3. To give an account of, esp a formal, official, or requested account
4. To state in such an account
5. To relate
6. To circulate publicly
7. To transmit as having been said, done or observed
8. To write down or take notes of, esp for a newspaper or radio or television programme
9. To lay a charge against
10. To echo back
11. (reflexive) to make personal announcement of the presence and readiness of

1. To make a statement
2. To write an account of occurrences
3. To make a formal report
4. To report oneself
5. To act as a reporter
6. (with to) to be responsible to someone or be under their authority

1. A statement of facts
2. A formal or official statement, such as of results of an investigation or matter referred
3. A statement on a school pupil's work and behaviour or the like
4. An account of a matter of news, esp the words of a speech
5. Reporting, testimony (Shakespeare)
6. General talk
7. Rumour
8. Hearsay
9. Repute (Bible)
10. Explosive noise

reportˈable adjective

reportˈage noun

1. Journalistic reporting, style or manner
2. Gossip
3. A documentary presented through pictures (in film or photographs) without comment or written or spoken narrative

reportˈedly adverb

According to report

reportˈer noun

A person who reports, esp for a newspaper or legal proceedings

reportˈing noun and adjective

reportˈingly adverb (Shakespeare)

By common report

reportōˈrial /rep-ər- or -ör-/ adjective

reportoˈrially adverb

reported speech noun

Indirect speech

reported verses plural noun

(Fr vers rapportés) verses that combine a number of parallel sentences by collocation of corresponding parts, such as Sidney's ‘Virtue, beauty, and speech did strike, wound, charm, My heart, eyes, ears, with wonder, love, delight’

report program noun (computing)

A program designed to search a file and print out an analysis of its data

report stage noun

The stage at which a parliamentary bill as amended in committee is reported to the House, before the third reading

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