RECORD


Meaning of RECORD in English

I.

noun

1 account

ADJECTIVE

▪ formal

No formal ~ of the marriage now survives.

▪ official , public

▪ permanent

▪ accurate , careful , exact

There is no exact ~ of the number of accidents.

▪ up-to-date

▪ adequate , proper , reliable

▪ inadequate , incomplete

▪ brief

▪ complete , comprehensive , detailed , extensive

▪ verbatim (= exactly as written or spoken)

a verbatim ~ of the meeting

▪ confidential

▪ daily

▪ personal

▪ documentary , handwritten , paper , written

▪ computerized , electronic

▪ photographic , pictorial

▪ early

▪ archival , historical

▪ archaeological , fossil , geological

This period is poorly represented in the geological ~.

▪ dental , health , hospital , medical , patient

▪ accounting , administrative , departmental , financial , payroll , personnel

▪ birth , census , tax , voting

▪ court , library , school

▪ cellphone ( esp. AmE ), mobile phone ( BrE ), phone

There are cellphone ~s that prove we were not even in the apartment.

VERB + RECORD

▪ keep , maintain

He has always kept an accurate ~ of his spending.

▪ compile , create

▪ provide

▪ access

▪ check , consult , examine , read , search , search through , study

I checked the ~s but nobody by that name has worked here.

▪ review

▪ destroy , erase

Medical ~s should not be destroyed.

▪ file

▪ update

▪ correct

▪ seize , subpoena ( esp. AmE )

Prosecutors had subpoenaed his phone ~s.

▪ be on , go on

She is on ~ as saying that she once took drugs.

He is the latest public figure to go on (the) ~ about corruption in politics.

RECORD + VERB

▪ contain sth , include sth

The ~s contain the bank details of all employees.

▪ indicate sth , reveal sth , show sth

The ~s showed that the building had not been inspected for ten years.

▪ provide sth

▪ suggest sth

Fossil ~s suggest that the region was covered in water until relatively recently.

▪ exist , survive

No ~ exists of a battle on this site.

▪ date back , go back

The university ~s go back as far as the 13th century.

▪ be available

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ~ , in the ~s

evidence in the geological ~

The historic agreement is preserved in the university ~s.

▪ off the ~ , on the ~

Off the ~, he told the interviewer what he thought of his colleagues.

▪ on ~

It was the driest summer on ~.

▪ ~ of

a ~ of achievement

▪ ~ on

~s on children's progress

PHRASES

▪ access to the ~s

Under the law, every citizen has access to their official ~s.

▪ have a ~ of sth

Do you have a ~ of how much you spent?

▪ have no ~ of sth , not have any ~ of sth

We have no ~ of your conversation with Mr Smith.

▪ put the ~ straight , set the ~ straight

She called a press conference to set the ~ straight about her disappearance.

2 best result, highest level, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ club , course , national , Olympic , track , world

▪ unbeaten , unbroken

▪ current

▪ new

▪ old , previous

▪ long-standing

Bob Beamon's long-standing ~ for the long jump was eventually broken.

▪ all-time

▪ career , lifetime ( AmE ) ( both sports )

He compiled a lifetime ~ of 209–161.

▪ scoring

▪ all-comers (= anyone who wants to take part in a sport or competition) ( BrE )

▪ speed

VERB + RECORD

▪ hold

Who holds the 100 m sprint ~?

▪ establish , set

She has just set a new world ~.

▪ beat , better , break

If she continues like this she could beat the ~.

▪ eclipse , shatter , smash , top

▪ equal , match , tie

He hopes to equal the Olympic ~.

RECORD + VERB

▪ stand

His mile ~ stood for twelve years.

▪ fall

RECORD + NOUN

▪ book

Bubka rewrote the pole-vault ~ books during his career.

▪ attempt

▪ breaker , holder

▪ high , low

Unemployment has reached a ~ high ( = the highest level ever ).

▪ amount , level , number

There was a ~ number of candidates for the post.

▪ pace , speed , time

The US saw its trade deficit shrink at a ~ pace in September.

▪ attendance , crowd , turnout

▪ earnings , sales

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

These viewing figures are an all-time ~ for a single broadcast.

▪ ~ with

Lewis established a new world ~ with a time of 9.86 seconds.

PHRASES

▪ in ~ time

I got to work in ~ time.

3 sb's performance in a particular area

ADJECTIVE

▪ past , track

▪ distinguished , enviable , fine , good , impressive , proven , solid , strong

▪ excellent , exceptional , exemplary , formidable ( esp. BrE ), outstanding , remarkable , stellar ( esp. AmE )

▪ unique , unparalleled , unrivalled/unrivaled ( esp. BrE )

▪ abysmal , appalling ( esp. BrE ), atrocious , bad , dismal , mediocre , poor , sorry

▪ unenviable

He has an unenviable ~ of poor health.

▪ satisfactory

▪ long

▪ consistent

▪ mixed , patchy , spotty ( AmE )

Given the patchy track ~ of previous international declarations, is it worthwhile to have such ambitious goals?

He has a spotty military ~.

▪ clean , unblemished

Apart from a parking ticket ten years before, she had an unblemished driving ~.

▪ academic , college , educational , school

▪ military

▪ attendance

The teacher spoke to her about her poor attendance ~.

▪ economic , environmental , human rights

the government's economic ~

▪ disciplinary

▪ arrest ( esp. AmE ), criminal , police

He has a long arrest ~.

teenagers with a criminal ~

▪ accident , safety

The airline's accident ~ makes it among the safest.

▪ driving

VERB + RECORD

▪ have , possess

▪ establish

▪ keep , maintain

The company has maintained an accident-free ~ since it started business.

▪ improve

RECORD + VERB

▪ demonstrate sth , show sth

Her ~ shows that she is able to compete under great pressure.

▪ compare with sth

Our ~ compares well with that of any similar-sized company.

▪ speak for itself

When it comes to quality, our ~ speaks for itself.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ among

They have the worst human rights ~ among member countries.

▪ ~ for

They have a good ~ for recognizing emerging talent.

▪ ~ in

The ideal candidate will have a proven track ~ in project management.

▪ ~ on

the government's abysmal ~ on crime

4 ( old-fashioned ) music

ADJECTIVE

▪ long-playing , LP (usually just LP )

▪ gramophone

▪ vinyl

▪ classical , hip-hop , jazz , pop , rock , etc.

▪ best-selling , hit

The band had a hit ~ in 1973.

▪ favourite/favorite

▪ good , great

▪ bad

▪ solo

▪ debut , first

▪ gold , platinum

The album earned him his second gold ~.

Her walls became lined with gold and platinum ~s.

VERB + RECORD

▪ write

▪ cut , make , produce , record

▪ release

They released their first ~ in 1963.

▪ sell

▪ buy

▪ listen to , play , put on

I'll put on one of my old ~s.

RECORD + NOUN

▪ company , industry , label

▪ producer

▪ contract , deal

The band signed their first ~ deal a year after forming.

▪ collection

▪ shop ( esp. BrE ), store ( esp. AmE )

▪ player

▪ cover , sleeve

▪ album

II.

verb

1 information

ADVERB

▪ carefully , meticulously

▪ accurately , correctly , properly

The weights must be ~ed accurately.

▪ faithfully

It was all there, faithfully ~ed in his uncle's formal style.

▪ duly

The contract is witnessed by others and duly ~ed.

▪ automatically , routinely

The mother's occupation was not routinely ~ed on the birth certificate.

▪ officially

▪ electronically , manually

▪ vividly

The event is vividly ~ed in his journal.

PREPOSITION

▪ as

The time of the accident is ~ed as 6.23 p.m.

PHRASES

▪ be ~ed for posterity

The names of those who died are ~ed for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.

▪ be ~ed in history

the most famous and deadly influenza outbreak ~ed in history

▪ historically ~ed

historically ~ed events

▪ poorly ~ed , well ~ed

The geographical spread of the industry in the 16th century is hard to ascertain, for much of it is poorly ~ed.

2 sound/pictures

ADVERB

▪ secretly

She secretly ~ed the conversation.

▪ originally

The songs were originally ~ed on tape.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

a concert she had ~ed from the radio

▪ on

movies ~ed on videotape

PHRASES

▪ beautifully ~ed , well ~ed

This CD has been beautifully ~ed.

▪ digitally ~ed

Record is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ artist , ↑ camera , ↑ document , ↑ film , ↑ inscription , ↑ microphone , ↑ musician , ↑ plaque

Record is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ album , ↑ CD , ↑ concerto , ↑ conversation , ↑ data , ↑ death , ↑ detail , ↑ disc , ↑ earthquake , ↑ episode , ↑ event , ↑ fall , ↑ finding , ↑ image , ↑ impression , ↑ information , ↑ instance , ↑ interview , ↑ level , ↑ measurement , ↑ memory , ↑ message , ↑ music , ↑ number , ↑ occurrence , ↑ programme , ↑ reading , ↑ record , ↑ score , ↑ single , ↑ song , ↑ temperature , ↑ time , ↑ track , ↑ transaction , ↑ turnover , ↑ verdict , ↑ victory , ↑ video , ↑ vote , ↑ win

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