• noun:   the sum of recognized accomplishments

  Example: "The lawyer has a good record"

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

  Example: "He tied the Olympic record"

• noun:   a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

  Example: "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"

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

  Example: "The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"

• noun:   a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

  Example: "They could find no record of the purchase"

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

  Example: "At 9-0 they have the best record in their league"

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

  Example: "He ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"

• noun:   sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
• verb:   be aware of
• verb:   register electronically

  Example: "They recorded her singing"

• verb:   make a record of; set down in permanent form
• verb:   indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
• verb:   be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #10031)

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