📒 a written account of something that is kept so that it can be looked at and used in the future
- You should keep a record of your expenses.
- medical/dental records
- It was the worst flood since records began.
📒 the best result or the highest or lowest level that has ever been reached, especially in sport
- She holds the world record for the 100 metres.
- to break the record (= to achieve a better result than there has ever been before)
- to set a new record
📒 the facts that are known about somebody/something’s past behaviour, character, achievements, etc.
- The airline has a good safety record.
- record on something The report criticizes the government's record on housing.
- record of something He has an impressive record of achievement.
📒 rocks, fossils, the parts of buildings and objects found in the ground, etc. that provide evidence about the past
- Fossil records suggest that the region was covered in water until relatively recently.
- evidence in the geological record
- This period of barbarian rule is poorly represented in the archaeological record.
📒 the fact of having committed crimes in the past
- Does he have a record?
- teenagers with a criminal record
📒 a thin, round piece of plastic on which music, etc. is recorded
- to play a record
- a record collection
- The album earned him his second gold record.
📒 a piece or collection of music released as a record, or on CD, the internet, etc.
- a record company (= one which produces and sells records)
- They released their first record in 1963.
- The band had a hit record in 1973.
📒 used to show that you want what you are saying to be officially written down and remembered
- Just for the record I would like to clarify something my colleague said earlier.
📒 used to emphasize a point that you are making, so that the person you are speaking to takes notice
- And, for the record, he would be the last person I'd ask.
📒 in a way that keeps repeating a statement or opinion in an annoying way
- I hate sounding like a broken record, but I have to say again, we must do more to help.
📒 something that has been recorded as being true
📒 if you tell somebody something off the record, it is not yet official and you do not want them to repeat it publicly
- Strictly off the record, some members of staff will have to be made redundant.
- I'm talking to you off the record
- Off the record, he told the interviewer what he thought of his colleagues.
📒 to say something publicly or officially so that it may be written down and repeated
- He didn't want to go on the record as either praising or criticizing the proposal.
- I should like to place on record my sincere thanks to all those who have given support.
- He is the latest public figure to go on (the) record about corruption in politics.
📒 to give people the correct information about something in order to make it clear that what they previously believed was in fact wrong
- To put the record straight, I do not support that idea and never have done.
- She called a press conference to set the record straight about her disappearance.
- She welcomed the opportunity to set the record straight.