report Definition

report
noun

1. A detailed statement, description or account, especially one made after some form of investigation.
2. A detailed and usually formal account of the discussions and decisions of a committee, inquiry or other group of people.
3. An account of some matter of news or a topical story.

Example: a newspaper report
Thesaurus: story, news, tale, narration, narrative, description, announcement, broadcast.
4. A statement of a pupil's work and behaviour at school, usually made at the end of each school year or each term.
5a. Rumour;
5b. General talk.
6. Character or reputation.
7. A loud explosive noise, eg the sound of a gun firing.

Thesaurus: noise, detonation, bang, blast, explosion.

verb reported, reporting

1. To bring back (information, etc) as an answer, news or account.

Example: reported that fighting had broken out
intr
2. To state.
3. To give a formal or official account or description of (findings, information, etc), especially after an investigation.

Thesaurus: summarize, publish, proclaim, announce, promulgate, make known, list, itemize, write up.
Form: to report on something (often)
(US)
4. Said of a committee, etc: to make a formal report on (a bill, etc).
5a. To give an account of (some matter of news, etc), especially for a newspaper, or TV or radio broadcast;
intr
5b. To act as a newspaper, TV or radio reporter.
6. To make a complaint about someone, especially to a person in authority.
7. To make something known to a person in authority.
intr
8. To present oneself at an appointed place or time for a particular purpose.

Example: Please report to reception on arrival
Thesaurus: arrive, present oneself, be at hand, come, reach, show up (slang), turn up.
Form: report for something (usually)
Form: report to someone
intr
9. To be responsible to them or under their authority.

Form: report to someone (usually)
intr
10. To account for oneself in a particular way.

Example: report sick
11. law.
To take down or record the details of a legal case, proceedings, etc.

Derivative: reportable
adj

Derivative: reportedly
adverb

According to report or general talk.

Derivative: reporter

Someone who reports, especially for a newspaper, TV or radio.
Thesaurus: journalist, correspondent, pressman, presswoman, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newshound, writer, stringer, hack.

Someone whose job is to prepare reports on legal proceedings.

Etymology: 14c: from French reporter, from Latin reportare to carry back.