records

noun

An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.

Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

(programming) A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.

A surname.

Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). [A disc, usually made of a polymer, used to record sound for playback on a phonograph.]

verb

(transitive) To make a record of information.

(transitive) To make an audio or video recording of.

(intransitive) To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.

(intransitive) To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.

(transitive, law) To give legal status to by making an official public record.

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.

(obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.

adjective

(attributive) Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.

Roots

rere- · Latin · back cor-cord · Latin · heart

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Where does records come from?

The word records breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -cord, from Latin cor (“heart”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.