(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something that has happened, you tell people about it.
They had been called in to clear drains after local people ~ed a foul smell...
I ~ed the theft to the police...
The officials also ~ed that two more ships were apparently heading for Malta...
‘He seems to be all right now,’ ~ed a relieved Taylor...
The foreign secretary is ~ed as saying that force will have to be used if diplomacy fails...
She ~ed him missing the next day...
Between forty and fifty people are ~ed to have died in the fighting.
VERB: V n, V n to n, V that, V with quote, be V-ed as -ing/-ed, V n adj, be V-ed to-inf
2.
If you ~ on an event or subject, you tell people about it, because it is your job or duty to do so.
Many journalists enter the country to ~ on political affairs...
I’ll now call at the vicarage and ~ to you in due course.
VERB: V on n, V to n
3.
A ~ is a news article or broadcast which gives information about something that has just happened.
...a ~ in London’s Independent newspaper...
N-COUNT: usu with supp
4.
A ~ is an official document which a group of people issue after investigating a situation or event.
After an inspection, the inspectors must publish a ~.
N-COUNT: oft N on n, N by n
5.
If you give someone a ~ on something, you tell them what has been happening.
She came back to give us a progress ~ on how the project is going...
N-COUNT
6.
If you say that there are ~s that something has happened, you mean that some people say it has happened but you have no direct evidence of it.
There are unconfirmed ~s that two people have been shot in the neighbouring town of Lalitpur...
N-COUNT: usu pl, N of n, N that
7.
If someone ~s you to a person in authority, they tell that person about something wrong that you have done.
His ex-wife ~ed him to police a few days later...
The Princess was ~ed for speeding twice on the same road within a week.
VERB: V n to n, be V-ed for -ing/n
8.
If you ~ to a person or place, you go to that person or place and say that you are ready to start work or say that you are present.
Mr Ashwell has to surrender his passport and ~ to the police every five days...
None of the men had ~ed for duty.
VERB: V to n, V for n
9.
If you say that one employee ~s to another, you mean that the first employee is told what to do by the second one and is responsible to them. (FORMAL)
He ~ed to a section chief, who ~ed to a division chief, and so on up the line.
VERB: no cont, V to n
10.
A school ~ is an official written account of how well or how badly a pupil has done during the term or year that has just finished. (BRIT; in AM, use ~ card )
And now she was getting bad school ~s.
N-COUNT
11.
A ~ is a sudden loud noise, for example the sound of a gun being fired or an explosion. (FORMAL)
Soon afterwards there was a loud ~ as the fuel tanks exploded.
N-COUNT
12.
see also ~ing