report

See also: Report

English

Etymology

From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- +‎ portāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
    • 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, pages 47–48:
      Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
  2. (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15th c.]
  3. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th–18th c.]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “ij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
      thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene / […] / Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god
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  4. (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
    For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.
  5. (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19th c.]
    If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
  6. (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19th c.]
  7. (ambitransitive) To write news (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19th c.]
    Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.
    Every newspaper reported the war.
    • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
  8. (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
    The financial director reports to the CEO.
    Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
  9. (politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
    The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
  10. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
  11. (obsolete) To refer.
    • 1639, Thomas Fuller, “Baldwine the Fourth Succeedeth; His Education under William the Reverend Archbishop of Tyre”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck, one of the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge [and sold by John Williams, London], →OCLC, book II, page 94:
      Baldwine his ſonne, the fourth of that name [Baldwin IV of Jerusalem], ſucceeded his father [Amalric of Jerusalem]: ſo like unto him, that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will ſpare the repeating his description.
  12. (ambitransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      a church with windows only from above […] that reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times
  13. (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
    Our ship leaves port on Monday and will re-port on Friday.

Conjugation

Conjugation of report
infinitive (to) report
present tense past tense
1st-person singular report reported
2nd-person singular report, reportest† reported, reportedst†
3rd-person singular reports, reporteth† reported
plural report
subjunctive report reported
imperative report —
participles reporting reported

† Archaic or obsolete.

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Descendants

  • ⇒ Cantonese: port (pot1)

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Noun

report (plural reports)

  1. A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
    A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
    • 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
  2. Reputation.
  3. (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
    • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Cabin Table”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 166:
      While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
    • 1889, The Coup de Grâce, Ambrose Bierce:
      He knelt upon one knee, cocked the weapon, placed the muzzle against the man's forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the trigger. There was no report. He had used his last cartridge for the horse.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 133:
      Waziri’s warriors marched at a rapid trot through the jungle in the direction of the village. For a few minutes, the sharp cracking of guns ahead warned them to haste, but finally the reports dwindled to an occasional shot, presently ceasing altogether.
  4. An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
    Synonym: subordinate

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French

Etymology

Deverbal from reporter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɔʁ/
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Noun

report m (plural reports)

  1. postponement
  2. deferment

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