report

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishreporten,fromAnglo-Normanreporter,Middle Frenchreporter,and their source,Latinreportāre(“to carry back, return, remit, refer”),fromre-+portāre.

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report(third-person singular simple presentreports,present participlereporting,simple past and past participlereported)

  1. (transitive,intransitive)To relate details of (an event or incident); torecount,describe(something).[from 15th c.]
    • 2013January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”,inAmerican Scientist,volume101,number 1, pages47–48:
      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 recentlyreported[…]that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
  2. (transitive)Torepeat(something one has heard), toretell;topass on,convey(a message, information etc.).[from 15th c.]
  3. (obsolete,reflexive)To take oneself (tosomeone or something) for guidance or support; toappeal.[15th–18th c.]
    • 1485,Sir Thomas Malory,“ij”,inLe 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 Ireporteme vnto god
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  4. (formal,transitive)Tonotifysomeone 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 toreportthe theft to the local police station.
  5. (transitive)To make a formalstatement,especially of complaint, about (someone).[from 19th c.]
    If you do that again I'llreportyou to the boss.
  6. (intransitive)To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.[from 19th c.]
  7. (transitive,intransitive)To writenewsreports(for); tocoveras ajournalistorreporter.[from 19th c.]
    Andrew Marrreportsnow on more in-fighting at Westminster.
    Every newspaperreportedthe 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 agencyreported.
      Audio(US):(file)
  8. (intransitive)To be accountable to orsubordinateto (someone) in ahierarchy;toreceiveordersfrom (someone); to giveofficialupdatesto (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
    The financial directorreportsto the CEO.
    Now that I've been promoted, Ireport toBenjamin, whom I loathe.
  9. (politics,dated)To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
    The committeereportedthe bill with amendments, orreporteda new bill, orreportedthe results of an inquiry.
  10. To takeminutesof (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
  11. (obsolete)Torefer.
    • 1639,Thomas Fuller,“Baldwine the Fourth Succeedeth; His Education under William the Reverend Archbishop of Tyre”, inThe Historie of the Holy Warre,Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:[…]Thomas Buck, one of the printers to theUniversitie of Cambridge[and sold by John Williams, London],→OCLC,book II,page94:
      Baldwine his ſonne, the fourth of that name [Baldwin IV of Jerusalem], ſucceeded his father [Amalric of Jerusalem]: ſo like unto him, that wereportthe reader to the character of King Almerick, and will ſpare the repeating his description.
  12. (transitive,intransitive,obsolete,rare)To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
    • 1631,Francis [Bacon],“(please specify |century=I to X)”,inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries.[…],3rd edition, London:[…]William Rawley;[p]rinted by J[ohn]H[aviland]for William Lee[…],→OCLC:
      a church with windows only from above[…]thatreporteththe voice twelve or thirteen times

Conjugation

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

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  • ⇒Cantonese:port(pot1)

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Noun

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report(pluralreports)

  1. A piece of information describing, or anaccountof certaineventsgiven or presented to someone, with the most commonadpositionsbeingby(referring to creator of the report) andon(referring to the subject).
    Areportby the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem.
    • 2011December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, inGuardian‎[1]:
      Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-fundedreport,which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients.
  2. Reputation.
  3. (firearms)Thesharp,loud sound from agunor explosion.
  4. Anemployeewhose position in acorporatehierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
    Synonym:subordinate

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Etymology

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Deverbalfromreporter.

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reportm(pluralreports)

  1. postponement
  2. deferment

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