Record
nounA permanent account of facts or events kept in writing or another form, or the best performance yet achieved.
How to spell record
6 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce record
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does record mean?
- nounA permanent account of facts or events kept in writing or another form, or the best performance yet achieved.
- verbTo set down information for later use, or to capture sound or images on a device.
Record in a sentence
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noun
The clinic keeps a detailed record of every patient visit.
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verb
Please record the meeting so absent staff can review it later.
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noun
She checked the bank record before paying the invoice.
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verb
The nurse will record your blood pressure at each appointment.
Where does record come from?
Language of origin: Latin
This word traces back to the Latin verb recordari, which meant 'to remember' or 'to call to mind'. It was built from re-, meaning 'again' or 'back', and cor, cordis, the Latin word for 'heart', because the heart was once thought to be the seat of memory rather than the brain. The verb passed into Old French as recorder and entered English in the 1300s, at first carrying the sense of committing something to memory. From there the meaning broadened to writing things down so they could be remembered, and eventually to the documents and sound discs that preserve information. The same cor root sits inside everyday words like 'courage' and 'cordial', a quiet reminder that to record something was originally to take it to heart.
How the word is built
- re- (back, again)
- -cord (from Latin cor, cordis: heart, once seen as the seat of memory)
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