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report

 
Noun report has 7 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
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