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Quick definitions from WordNet (record)

▸ noun:  the sum of recognized accomplishments ("The lawyer has a good record")
▸ noun:  an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) ("He tied the Olympic record")
▸ noun:  a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone ("Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'")
▸ noun:  anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events ("The film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")
▸ noun:  a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction ("They could find no record of the purchase")
▸ noun:  the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had ("At 9-0 they have the best record in their league")
▸ noun:  a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted ("He ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court")
▸ noun:  sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves
▸ verb:  be aware of
▸ verb:  register electronically ("They recorded her singing")
▸ verb:  make a record of; set down in permanent form
▸ verb:  indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
▸ verb:  be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
▸ name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #10031)

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