report

Forms

1.To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- Tom is watching the news report.
2.To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- Tom is watching the news report.
3.To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.
4.To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.(formal)
- For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.

1.Reputation.
- Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth.
2.The sharp, loud sound of a gunshot or explosion.
- 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.
- 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.
3.An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
4.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.
- 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.

Very common· #477

From Middle English reporten

From Anglo-Norman reporter

From Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”)

From re- + portāre.