record

adj

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

1. Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.

   “"But it's far worse for me," said Edmund, "because you'll at least have a room of your own and I shall have to share a bedroom with that record stinker, Eustace."”

name

1. A surname.

noun

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

1. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

   “The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.”

   “The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.”

2. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

   “We have no record of you making this payment to us.”

   “My remarks were struck from the record.”

3. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).

   “I still like records better than CDs.”

   “He's the record doctor / Tell him your woes / He'll reach in his bag / And he'll give you a dose”

4. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
5. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

   “Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?”

6. A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

   “This chapter examines another data structure, the record (available in Pascal but not in all other high-level languages). Records make it easier to organize and represent information in Pascal, a major reason for the popularity of the Pascal[…]”

   “The new record type provides another solution. A record is a class-like construct for data classes, a restricted form of class like enums and annotations.”

7. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

   “The heat and humidity were both new records.”

   “Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

1. To make a record of information.

   “I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.”

   “The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.”

2. To make an audio or video recording of.

   “Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.”

   “However, the ability to record people without their knowledge, with the stroke of a finger over the spectacle frame or a voice command, has prompted privacy concerns.”

3. To give legal status to by making an official public record.

   “When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.”

4. To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
5. To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
6. To repeat; to practice.
7. To sing or repeat a tune.

   “1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 741-742, Come Berecynthia, let vs in likewise, And heare the Nightingale record hir notes.”

   “They long’d to see the day, to heare the larke Record her hymnes and chant her carols blest,”

8. To reflect; to ponder.

   “[…] he was […] carried to the Scaffold on the Tower-hill […], himself praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.”