Synonyms: track record, record
Definition: the sum of recognized accomplishments
Usage: the lawyer has a good record; the track record shows that he will be a good president
Similar words: accomplishment, achievement
Definition: the action of accomplishing something
Synonyms: record
Definition: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
Usage: he tied the Olympic record; coffee production last year broke all previous records; Chicago set the homicide record
Similar words: attainment
Definition: the act of achieving an aim
Usage: the attainment of independence
Synonyms: phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter, record, disc, disk
Definition: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
Similar words: sound recording, audio, audio recording
Definition: a recording of acoustic signals
Synonyms: criminal record, record
Definition: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
Usage: he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court; the prostitute had a record a mile long
Definition: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
Synonyms: book, record, record book
Definition: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
Usage: Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'; his name is in all the record books
Similar words: fact
Definition: a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
Usage: he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts
Synonyms: record
Definition: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
Usage: the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Similar words: evidence
Definition: an indication that makes something evident
Usage: his trembling was evidence of his fear
Synonyms: record
Definition: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
Usage: they could find no record of the purchase
Similar words: document
Definition: a written account of ownership or obligation
Synonyms: record
Definition: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
Usage: at 9-0 they have the best record in their league
Similar words: number
Definition: a concept of quantity involving zero and units
Usage: every number has a unique position in the sequence
Synonyms: record, memorialise, memorialize, commemorate, immortalise, immortalize
Definition: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Usage: This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps; We memorialized the Dead
Synonyms: show, record, register, read
Definition: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Usage: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero; The gauge read `empty'
Similar words: indicate
Definition: to state or express briefly
Usage: indicated his wishes in a letter
Definition: register electronically
Usage: They recorded her singing
Synonyms: record, put down, enter
Definition: make a record of; set down in permanent form
Definition: to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
Usage: She saved the old family photographs in a drawer