record
     n 1: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a
          photograph) providing permanent evidence of or
          information about past events; "the film provided a
          valuable record of stage techniques"
     2: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had;
        "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
     3: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever
        attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record";
        "coffee production last year broke all previous records";
        "Chicago set the homicide record"
     4: sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous
        grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating
        while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves [syn: {phonograph
        record}, {phonograph recording}, {disk}, {disc}, {platter}]
     5: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a
        good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a
        good president" [syn: {track record}]
     6: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been
        previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record
        of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court";
        "the prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: {criminal
        record}]
     7: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or
        someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the
        record'"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" [syn: {record
        book}, {book}]
     8: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a
        transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
     v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: {enter},
          {put down}]
     2: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn: {tape}]
        [ant: {erase}]
     3: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
        thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The
        gauge read `empty'" [syn: {read}, {register}, {show}]
     4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the
        button?" [syn: {register}]
     5: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This
        sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration
        camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: {commemorate}, {memorialize},
         {memorialise}, {immortalize}, {immortalise}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0