Record
noun
A written report or collection of information about a subject.
She keeps a record of all her spending.
Often appears as...
- set a record
- break a record
noun
Something that shows the best or highest level of something ever achieved.
He holds the record for the fastest lap.
Often appears as...
- break a record
- set a record
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To write down or store information to be remembered or used in the future.
I recorded the meeting minutes for future reference.
Often appears as...
- record a video
- record a conversation
noun
A round, flat piece of vinyl that stores music and can be played on a turntable.
She has a collection of old Beatles records.
Often appears as...
- play a record
- buy a record
verb
To make a video, sound, or performance so it can be watched or listened to later.
She recorded her new song in the studio yesterday.
Often appears as...
- record a video
- record music
noun
A written report or collection of information about a subject.
She keeps a record of all her spending.
Often appears as...
- set a record
- break a record
noun
Something that shows the best or highest level of something ever achieved.
He holds the record for the fastest lap.
Often appears as...
- break a record
- set a record
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To write down or store information to be remembered or used in the future.
I recorded the meeting minutes for future reference.
Often appears as...
- record a video
- record a conversation
noun
A round, flat piece of vinyl that stores music and can be played on a turntable.
She has a collection of old Beatles records.
Often appears as...
- play a record
- buy a record
verb
To make a video, sound, or performance so it can be watched or listened to later.
She recorded her new song in the studio yesterday.
Often appears as...
- record a video
- record music
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Tracking Progress
Use 'record' to describe keeping track of activities or progress over time for reference.
Our team maintains a record of each project's milestones.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence
'Record' often suggests formality and is used as evidence or official documentation.
The trial's proceedings are a matter of public record.
Pro Tip 1/2Tracking Progress
Use 'record' to describe keeping track of activities or progress over time for reference.
Our team maintains a record of each project's milestones.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence
'Record' often suggests formality and is used as evidence or official documentation.
The trial's proceedings are a matter of public record.
Pro Tip 1/2Tracking Progress
Use 'record' to describe keeping track of activities or progress over time for reference.
Our team maintains a record of each project's milestones.
Pro Tip 2/2Evidence
'Record' often suggests formality and is used as evidence or official documentation.
The trial's proceedings are a matter of public record.
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How to control someone...
Have you had this before? I need you to stick out your arm for science, roll up your sleeve a bit, So what I'm going to do, I'm putting electrodes on your arm, and you're probably wondering, I just said I'm going to record from your brain, what am I doing with your arm? Well, you have about 80 billion neurons inside your brain right now.
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How do tornadoes form? -...
but the truth is, there's still a lot we don't know about how tornadoes form. The conditions that may give rise to one tornado won't necessarily cause another. But we have learned a lot since people first started recording tornadoes, like how to recognize the signs when one is brewing in the sky. Are you coming along for the ride?
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How languages evolve -...
and looking for regular patterns of sound changes and correspondences between languages, linguists can determine relationships, trace specific steps in their evolution and even reconstruct earlier languages with no written records. Linguistics can even reveal other important historical clues,
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The benefits of a good...
have given us our current model of how this consolidation process works. Sensory data is initially transcribed and temporarily recorded in the neurons as short-term memory. From there, it travels to the hippocampus, which strengthens and enhances the neurons in that cortical area.
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What causes kidney...
by binding to oxalate in the digestive tract before it can be absorbed and reach the kidneys. If you do end up with a kidney stone, you're not alone. Data suggests that rates are rising, but that world record probably won't be broken any time soon.
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Hair-Raising Hyena...
observe so we're going to draw them in with sound so what we are setting up right now is something called a call up and using these speakers in a wee laptop we have we've got recordings of lions and hyenas at kill sites we play these
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Eye vs. camera - Michael...
and accurately record what they see. But our eyes are remarkably efficient adaptations, the result of hundreds of millions of years of coevolution with our brains. And so what if we don't always see the world exactly as it is.
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Fossils 101 PIPE National...
which are records of an animal's behavior, such as footprints. Together, they form the fossil record, a primary account that tells the story of life on Earth through stone. Fossilization or the process of preserving
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The scientific origins...
Both are rooted in explaining and understanding the world. The key difference is that where mythology uses gods, monsters and magic, science uses measurements, records and experiments.
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Giving checkmate is...
Fischer's record becoming the youngest Grandmaster by this time I was the number one woman player in the world but my real dream
Video examples
How to control someone...
Have you had this before? I need you to stick out your arm for science, roll up your sleeve a bit, So what I'm going to do, I'm putting electrodes on your arm, and you're probably wondering, I just said I'm going to record from your brain, what am I doing with your arm? Well, you have about 80 billion neurons inside your brain right now.
Video examples
How do tornadoes form? -...
but the truth is, there's still a lot we don't know about how tornadoes form. The conditions that may give rise to one tornado won't necessarily cause another. But we have learned a lot since people first started recording tornadoes, like how to recognize the signs when one is brewing in the sky. Are you coming along for the ride?
Video examples
How languages evolve -...
and looking for regular patterns of sound changes and correspondences between languages, linguists can determine relationships, trace specific steps in their evolution and even reconstruct earlier languages with no written records. Linguistics can even reveal other important historical clues,
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
have given us our current model of how this consolidation process works. Sensory data is initially transcribed and temporarily recorded in the neurons as short-term memory. From there, it travels to the hippocampus, which strengthens and enhances the neurons in that cortical area.
Video examples
What causes kidney...
by binding to oxalate in the digestive tract before it can be absorbed and reach the kidneys. If you do end up with a kidney stone, you're not alone. Data suggests that rates are rising, but that world record probably won't be broken any time soon.
Video examples
Hair-Raising Hyena...
observe so we're going to draw them in with sound so what we are setting up right now is something called a call up and using these speakers in a wee laptop we have we've got recordings of lions and hyenas at kill sites we play these
Video examples
Eye vs. camera - Michael...
and accurately record what they see. But our eyes are remarkably efficient adaptations, the result of hundreds of millions of years of coevolution with our brains. And so what if we don't always see the world exactly as it is.
Video examples
Fossils 101 PIPE National...
which are records of an animal's behavior, such as footprints. Together, they form the fossil record, a primary account that tells the story of life on Earth through stone. Fossilization or the process of preserving
Video examples
The scientific origins...
Both are rooted in explaining and understanding the world. The key difference is that where mythology uses gods, monsters and magic, science uses measurements, records and experiments.
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
Fischer's record becoming the youngest Grandmaster by this time I was the number one woman player in the world but my real dream
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.
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Rihanna
American Musician
It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.
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George Harrison
British Musician
In the big picture, it doesn't really matter if we never made a record, or we never sang a song. That isn't important.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records.
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India Arie
American Musician
I've never said anything that I didn't want to say on a record, ever.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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Dr. Dre
American Musician
I'm going to record forever.
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Snoop Dogg
American Rapper
I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.
Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.
Quote examples
George Harrison
British Musician
In the big picture, it doesn't really matter if we never made a record, or we never sang a song. That isn't important.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it.
Quote examples
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
Quote examples
Mark Lanegan
American Musician
In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records.
Quote examples
India Arie
American Musician
I've never said anything that I didn't want to say on a record, ever.
Quote examples
Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If anybody wants to beat me, let them run a world record.
Quote examples
Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Old age is just a record of one's whole life.
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Dr. Dre
American Musician
I'm going to record forever.
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