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  1. transitive verb To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form.
  2. transitive verb To register or indicate: The clerk recorded the votes.
  3. transitive verb To register (sound or images) in permanent form by mechanical or electrical means for reproduction.
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  • I find that if I link it up with my record, given that the record is a--a fresh one, it stimulates certain nerve centres. —  Collected Stories
  • The Adamo, for the record is about a pound heavier though, no doubt due to the extra ports. —  Digital Trends
  • Making this record was a whole lot more fun than the last record, just because the songs came along much more quickly. —  ! Exclaim.ca - News
  • Manchester native, Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton's only blemish in his record is against the former best pound for pound boxer, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., when he lost in a 10th round TKO when he challenged Mayweather for the WBC welterweight title on December 8, 2007 at MGM Grand. —  PhilBoxing.com - XML News RSS/RDF Feed
  • Unfortunetly, remastering and remixing this record is a bigger project than we can undertake at the moment. —  Roadrunner Records Latest News
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report ·  history ·  account ·  system ·  plan ·  test

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record:   recording ·  records ·  recorded
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, from Latin recordārī, to remember : re-, re- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, repeat, recite, report, French recorder =Provencal Spanish Portuguese recordar =Italian ricordare, from Latin recordari, Late Latin also recordare, call to mind, remember, recollect, think over, meditate upon, Middle Latin also recite, record, revise, from re-, again, + cor (d-), heart, =English heart: see cordial. Cf. accord, concord, discord.
  2. from Middle English record, recorde, from Old French record, recort, witness, record, mention, =Provencal recort =Catalan record—Spanish recuerdo, remembrance, =Italian ricordo, remembrance, warning, instruction, from Middle Latin recordum, witness, record, judgment; from the verb: see record, v.
 

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