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Meaning of record | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
ˈɹɛk.ɔːd

Definitions

  1. document, paper
  2. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
  3. A surname.
  4. A surname
  5. An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium
  6. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
  7. Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference
  8. first-person singular present indicative of documentar
  9. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”).
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  10. Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”)
  11. A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
  12. A set of data relating to a single individual or item
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

Equivalents

Afrikaans rekord
Azərbaycanca yazdırmaq
Беларуская грампласці́нка
Български записвам
Cymraeg cofnod cofnodi record recordio
Esperanto noti registri rekordo
Gaeilge ceirnín cuntas taifead tuairisc
עברית תקליט
Bahasa Indonesia rekor
Қазақша рекорд табақ
Lietuvių diskas įrašas
Te Reo Māori hopu
Монгол пянз
Bahasa Melayu piring hitam rakam rakaman rekod
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဓာတ်ပြား
Тоҷикӣ сафҳа
Tagalog plaka
Türkçe belge kaydetmek kayıt plak rekor tescil

Examples

“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.”
“He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.”
“We have no record of you making this payment to us.”
“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”
“Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?”
“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.”
“A record is a special kind of class that's designed to work well with immutable (readonly) data.”
“The heat and humidity were both new records.”
“Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.”
“He broke the record for the youngest English captain.”
“The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.”
“"Avanti has literally broken records over the last six months for delays and cancellations, and the Conservatives' answer is to reward failure with millions more in taxpayer cash," said Labour Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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