Report /(r?-p?rt")/

Re·port

Report

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Reported

  1. To refer. [Obs.]
    Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will spare the repeating his description.
  2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
    There is no man that may reporten all.
  3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
    It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel.
    — Neh. vi. 6.
  4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
  5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.]
  6. To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry. (Parliamentary Practice)
  7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
  8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
  9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

Phrases & Compounds
To be reported
to be spoken of; to be mentioned, whether favorably or unfavorably.
To report one's self
to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due, and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.

Report

v. i.
  1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
  2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
  3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

Report

n.
  1. That which is reported.
    It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
    — 1 Kings x. 6.
    Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews.
    — Acts x. 22.
  2. Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
  3. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]
    The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to.