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 (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #10031)
