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Noun report has 7 senses

report, study, written report - a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale"
--₁ is a kind of document, written document, papers
--₁ has particulars:
assay; case study; white book, white paper; blue book; green paper; progress report; position paper; medical report

Derived forms: verb report₂, verb report₁
report, news report, story, account, write up - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
--₂ is a kind of news
--₂ has particulars:
newsletter, newssheet; bulletin; dispatch, despatch, communique; exclusive, scoop

Derived forms: verb report₅, verb report₁
report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
--₃ is a kind of informing, making known
--₃ has particulars:
summarization, summarisation; indirect discourse; direct discourse, direct quotation; megillah; debriefing; anecdote; narration, recital, yarn; gossip, comment, scuttlebutt

Derived forms: verb report₅, verb report₁
report - a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); "they heard a violent report followed by silence"
--₄ is a kind of noise
report card, report - a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card"
--₅ is a kind of information, info
composition, paper, report, theme - an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
--₆ is a kind of essay; written assignment, writing assignment
--₆ has particulars: term paper; incidental music
reputation, report - the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"
--₇ is a kind of estimate, estimation

Verb report has 6 senses

report, describe, account - to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"
--₁ is one way to inform

Derived forms: noun report₁, noun report₃, noun report₂
Sample sentence:
They report that there was a traffic accident
report - announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research"
--₂ is one way to announce, denote

Derived form: noun report₁
Sample sentence:
They report the information to them
report - announce one's presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o'clock"
--₃ is one way to announce, denote
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
report - make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"
--₄ is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
report, cover - be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950's"; "The cub reporter covered New York City"
--₅ is one way to inform

Derived forms: noun report₃, noun report₂, noun reporter₁, noun reportage₁, noun reporting₁
Sample sentence:
They won't report the story
report - complain about; make a charge against; "I reported her to the superviser"
--₆ is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot report Sue