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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ri-pawrt, -pohrt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpɔrt, -ˈpoʊrt



Definition of reports

Origin :
  • late 14c., "an account brought by one person to another, rumor," from Old French report "pronouncement, judgment" (Modern French rapport), from reporter "to tell, relate" (see report (v.)).
  • Meaning "resounding noise, sound of an explosion" is from 1580s. Meaning "formal statement of results of an investigation" first attested 1660s; sense of "teacher's official statement of a pupil's work and behavior" is from 1873 (report card in the school sense first attested 1919).
  • noun account, story
  • noun gossip, talk
  • noun loud noise
  • noun reputation
  • verb communicate information, knowledge
  • verb present oneself
Example sentences :
  • He reports that it has done so greatly and that the Prince of Cabul is a fugitive.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • The reports had come in: every anarchist had been exactly accounted for.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The reports of the rifles and cannon kept every one alert and watchful.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • I know you are impatient to hear what were the reports to your disadvantage, and from whom I had them.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Now the reports of the cannon could be plainly distinguished.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • His judicial opinions are contained in volumes 18, 19 and 20 of the Ohio Reports.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • I succeeded in getting hold of the reports, but I couldn't hang on.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • She is going to telegraph from Queenstown the full essence of the reports—of both our reports.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Reports came in that the countryside was up in arms, moving to attack the Mercutians.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Except newspapers and reports of companies, there was in it nothing printed.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

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