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  1. noun An account presented usually in detail.
  2. noun A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group.
  3. noun Law A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural.
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  • The big shocker of the report was the fact the 30\% of organizations aren't using any application performance tools. —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
  • Factory orders actually rose in April, but the report was a —  WN.com - Business News
  • The publication of the report was accelerated following the death of 23-month-old Brandon Muir, the toddler killed by his mother's heroin-addict boy-friend, Robert Cunningham.
  • One of my favorite points in the report is about the rise of the prosumer: —  MSDN Blogs
  • After all, the source of the report is a site whose name begins with FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt). —  All Things Digital
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record ·  information ·  statement ·  plan ·  result ·  list ·  news ·  service ·  book

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report:   reports ·  reporting ·  reported
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportāre : re-, re- + portāre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English reporten, from Old French (and F.) reporter, carry back, return, remit, refer, =Provencal Spanish reportar, carry back (cf. Portuguese reportar, respect, honor, regard), =Italian riportare, from Latin reportare, carry back, bring back, carry off, get. obtain, bring back (an account), report, Middle Latin also write (an account) for information or record, from re-, back, + portare, carry: see port. Cf. rapport.
  2. from Middle English report =F. report, a bringing forward (rapport, relation, a statement, report), =Italian riporto, report; from the verb.
 

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