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Dictionary: re·port   (rĭ-pôrt' -pōrt') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. An account presented usually in detail.
  2. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group.
  3. Law. A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural.
  4. Common talk; rumor or gossip: According to report, they eloped.
  5. Reputation; repute: a person of bad report.
  6. An explosive noise: the report of a rifle.

v., -port·ed, -port·ing, -ports.

v.tr.
  1. To make or present an often official, formal, or regular account of.
  2. To relate or tell about; present: report one's findings. See synonyms at describe.
  3. To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast: report the news.
  4. To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning: The committee reported the bill.
  5. To carry back and repeat to another: reported the rumor of a strike.
  6. To complain about or denounce: reported them to the principal.
v.intr.
  1. To make a report.
  2. To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.
  3. To present oneself: report for duty.
  4. To be accountable: She reports directly to the board of directors.
phrasal verb:

report out

  1. To return after deliberation to a legislative body for action: The committee reported the new tax bill out.

idiom:

on report

  1. Subject to disclipinary action.

[Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportāre : re-, re- + portāre, to carry.]

reportable re·port'a·ble adj.
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A printed or microfilmed collection of facts and figures with page numbers and page headings. See report writer and query.

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noun

  1. A recounting of past events: account, chronicle, description, history, narration, narrative, statement, story, version. See words.
  2. Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, gossipry, hearsay, rumor, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word. Slang scuttlebutt. See words.
  3. Public estimation of someone: character, name, reputation, repute. Informal rep. See respect/contempt/standing.
  4. A sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, crack, explosion, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, snap. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

verb

  1. To give a verbal account of: describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, tell. See words.
  2. To observe, analyze, and relate the details of (an event): cover. See words.
  3. To make known: break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, get across, impart, pass, tell, transmit. See knowledge/ignorance.

 
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n

Definition: loud noise
Antonyms: quiet, silence

v

Definition: communicate information, knowledge
Antonyms: conceal, suppress


 
Law Encyclopedia: Report
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings. To give an account of; to relate; to tell or convey information; the written statement of such an account.

For example, one kind of report is the formal statement in writing made to a court by a master, a clerk, or a referee who has been appointed to inquire into a particular matter for the court. Sometimes the report of a public official is distinguished from a return. A return typically discloses something done or observed by the official, whereas a report shows the results of an investigation into matters outside the personal knowledge of the official.

Regularly published volumes of books containing accounts of decisions and opinions of various courts are sometimes referred to as reports, but more often they are called reporters.

The annual report for stockholders is prepared by a corporation, a consumer report describes the qualities of a manufactured product, and a credit report assesses the creditworthiness of a business or consumer for a bank or other lender.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To tell about; give an account of. Also: To tell as news.

pronunciation This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. — Winston Churchill

 
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In writing, a report is a document characterized by information or other content reflective of inquiry or investigation, which is tailored to the context of a given situation and audience. The purpose of reports is usually to inform. However, reports may include persuasive elements, such as recommendations, suggestions, or other motivating conclusions that indicate possible future actions the report reader might take. Reports can be public or private, and often address questions posed by individuals in government, business, education, and science.[1] Reports often take the structure of scientific investigation: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion (IMRAD). They may sometimes follow a problem-solution structure based on the audience's questions or concerns. As for format, reports range from a simpler format with headings to indicate topics, to more complex formats including charts, tables, figures, pictures, tables of contents, abstracts, summaries, appendices, footnotes, hyperlinks, and references.

The purpose of a report is to show information collected to the reader about certain topics, usually to set targets or to show a general view on the subject in hand.[2] Another purpose is to discuss and analyze ideas and thoughts on any problems or improvements to be made and to inform the audience. They can either persuade, suggest or to motivate conclusions.

A report is an extended formal document with lots of pages that shows different types of information with details of the findings like e.g. Methodology, findings and added Appendices. The document structure is easily navigated by using a table of contents, so the audience can easily find specific information by clear headings and a set structure of text and images.

Types of reports include:

scientific reports, recommendation reports, white papers, annual reports, auditor's reports, workplace reports, census reports, trip reports, progress reports, investigative reports, budget reports, policy reports, demographic reports, credit reports, appraisal reports, inspection reports, military reports, bound reports, etc.

Many textbooks discuss reports in greater detail. See minority report, final report, majority report, environmental resources reports, error and other reports from software systems, etc.

Contents

Enterprise reporting

With the dramatic expansion of information technology, and the desire for increased competitiveness in corporations, there has been an increase in the use of computing power to produce unified reports which join different views of the enterprise in one place.[3] Termed Enterprise Reporting, this process involves querying data sources with different logical models to produce a human readable report. A computer user has to query the Human Resources databases and the Capital Improvements databases to show how efficiently space is being used across an entire corporation.

Enterprise Reporting is a fundamental part of the larger movement towards improved Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management. Often implementation involves Extract, Transform and Load (See ETL) procedures into a reporting data warehouse and then use of one or more reporting tools. While reports can be distributed in print form or via email, they are typically accessed via a corporate intranet.

References

Reports or an explanation about them:

  1. ^ Library of Congress. 2007. PCN Frequently Asked Questions. Cataloging in Publication Division.
  2. ^ The World Book Dictionary. 1970. Doubleday. LCCN 78-88577.
  3. ^ Moeller, Robert (2007). COSO Enterprise Risk Management: Understanding the New Integrated ERM Framework. Wiley. ISBN 0471741159.
  • Link, Morton and Hill, Winfrey (1970). Hill-Link Minority Report of the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Random House.
  • United States Immigration Commission (1911). Abstracts Of Reports Of The Immigration Commission, With Conclusions And Recommendations And Views Of The Minority. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1436616131.

The process of writing reports:

  • Blicq, Ronald (2003). "Technically-Write!". Prentice Hall. ISBN 0131148788.
  • Gerson, Sharon and Gerson, Steven (2005). Technical Writing: Process and Product. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0131196642.
  • Lannon, John (2007). Technical Communication. Longman. ISBN 0205559573.

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Translations: Report
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rapportere, gengive, melde tilbage, referere
v. intr. - rapportere til, afgive rapport
n. - rapport, indberetning, referat, karakterbog

idioms:

  • report back    rapportere tilbage
  • report for duty    melde sig til tjeneste
  • report has it    det siges, at
  • report progress    statusrapport
  • report structure    kombination af anførende sætning og sætning i direkte tale
  • report to    rapportere til, referere til
  • reported question    indirekte spørgende sætning
  • reported speech    indirekte tale

Nederlands (Dutch)
verslag uitbrengen, berichten, mededelen, verslaan, (zich) melden, rapporteren, aangeven, rapport, verslag, gerucht, bericht(en) over iemand, knal, proces-verbaal, schoolrapport

Français (French)
v. tr. - signaler, transmettre qch à qn, raconter, (Journ, TV, Radio) faire le compte-rendu de, (Admin) signaler, déclarer, paraître (forme impersonnelle), signaler (qn), dénoncer (qn)
v. intr. - faire un compte-rendu sur, (Journ) faire un reportage sur, faire son rapport (sur), se présenter, (Admin) être sous les ordres de
n. - rapport, compte-rendu, notification, (Admin) rapport, rapport d'enquête, (Journ, Radio, TV) communiqué, reportage, (GB, École) bulletin scolaire, (US, École) critique, détonation, rumeur (npl), le bruit court (npl), on-dit (npl)

idioms:

  • on report    (Mil) sous contrôle en attendant des mesures disciplinaires
  • report back    se présenter (un employé) (après une absence), présenter un rapport
  • report for duty    prendre son service, se présenter au travail
  • report has it    on dit que
  • report out    renvoyer (un amendement, une loi) à un organisme législatif avec un rapport contenant les conclusions et les recommandations
  • report progress    dresser un état sur la situation (par écrit), tenir au courant de la marche d'une affaire
  • report structure    (Ling) faire le compte-rendu d'un discours
  • report to    être sous les ordres de
  • reported question    question indirecte
  • reported speech    (Ling) style indirect

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bericht, Report, Knall, Zeugnis
v. - berichten, informieren, (sich) melden

idioms:

  • on report    etw. ist zur Debatte
  • report back    Bericht erstatten
  • report for duty    sich zum Dienst melden
  • report has it    es geht das Gerücht um, daß
  • report out    (AmE) etw. mit Randbemerkungen zurückgeben
  • report progress    melden, was sich bis jetzt getan hat
  • report structure    Satz mit indirektem od. direktem Zitat
  • report to    jmdm. unterstehen
  • reported question    (Ling.) indirekte Frage
  • reported speech    (Ling.) indirekte Rede

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ειδησεογραφική) ανταπόκριση, ρεπορτάζ, έκθεση, αναφορά, πόρισμα, εξιστόρηση, διάδοση, φήμη, εκπυρσοκρότηση, κρότος έκρηξης ή πυροβολισμού, ειδησεογραφία
v. - αναφέρω, εκθέτω, μεταδίδω, λέγω, κάνω αναφορά, εξιστορώ, κάνω ρεπορτάζ, παρουσιάζομαι (υπηρεσιακώς)

idioms:

  • report back    (επιστρέφω και) δίνω αναφορά
  • report for duty    προσέρχομαι για ανάληψη καθηκόντων
  • report has it    φημολογείται
  • report progress    αναφέρω πρόοδο
  • report structure    διάταξη έκθεσης
  • report to    αναφέρω σε, δίνω αναφορά σε, παρουσιάζομαι σε
  • reported question    (γραμμ.) πλάγια ερώτηση
  • reported speech    (γραμμ.) πλάγιος λόγος

Italiano (Italian)
segnalare, notificare, denunciare, annunciare, relazione, scoppio, notizia, denuncia, processo verbale, pagella

idioms:

  • report back    riferire
  • report for duty    presentarsi al lavoro
  • report has it    si sente dire
  • report progress    riferire l'andamento, tenere al corrente
  • report structure    struttura indiretta
  • report to    rivolgersi a
  • reported question    domanda indiretta
  • reported speech    discorso indiretto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - relatório (m), comunicado (m)
v. - relatar, transmitir (notícias)

idioms:

  • report back    comunicar
  • report for duty    apresentar-se
  • report has it    parece que
  • report progress    apresentar progresso
  • report structure    estrutura de um relatório verbal/escrito
  • report to    responsável, chefe
  • reported question    questões suscitadas
  • reported speech    voz passiva (Gram.)

Русский (Russian)
рапортовать, отчитываться, доносить, отчет, звук взрыва, доклад, сообщение, репортаж, табель

idioms:

  • report back    доложить о прибытии, представить отчет
  • report for duty    приступать к своим обязанностям
  • report has it    согласно отчету, говорят
  • report progress    докладывать о проделанной работе
  • report structure    кто перед кем отчитывается, кто кому подчиняется
  • report to    подчиняться кому-либо
  • reported question    доложенный вопрос
  • reported speech    косвенная речь

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dar parte, informar, comentar, denunciar, comunicar, reportar, anunciar, mencionar
v. intr. - dar cuenta , hablar de, dar noticias de sí mismo, informar, dictaminar, actuar de reportero, presentarse
n. - informe, memoria, detonación, estallido, noticia, reportaje, declaración, ponencia, dictamen, boletín de notas/calificaciones

idioms:

  • on report    (Mil) a rigor, pendiente de una acción disciplinaria
  • report back    volver a presentarse, presentar un informe, regresar a la base
  • report for duty    presentarse al servicio
  • report has it    según se dice
  • report out    devolver algo a un cuerpo legislativo para su acción
  • report progress    informar sobre lo realizado hasta el momento
  • report structure    estructura de oración directa y oración indirecta o cita
  • report to    presentarse a, presentarse ante
  • reported question    pregunta indirecta
  • reported speech    estilo indirecto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rapport, redogörelse, referat, rykte, (skol) betyg, knall
v. - rapportera, anmäla, berätta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
报告, 记述, 描述, 报导, 告发, 揭发, 报到, 写报道, 成绩单

idioms:

  • report back    发回报告, 报告返回
  • report for duty    报到上班
  • report has it    据传说, 据说
  • report progress    报告经过
  • report structure    引语结构
  • report to    向...报告, 向...呈报
  • reported question    转述问句, 间接引语问句
  • reported speech    间接引语, 转述引语

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 報告, 記述, 描述, 報導, 告發, 揭發
v. intr. - 報告, 報到, 寫報道
n. - 報告, 成績單, 報導

idioms:

  • report back    發回報告, 報告返回
  • report for duty    報到上班
  • report has it    據傳說, 據說
  • report progress    報告經過
  • report structure    引語結構
  • report to    向...報告, 向...呈報
  • reported question    轉述問句, 間接引語問句
  • reported speech    間接引語, 轉述引語

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 보고하다, 신고하다, 기록하다
v. intr. - 보고하다, 복명하다, 보도하다
n. - 보고 , 소문, 판례집

idioms:

  • report back    돌아와서 보고하다
  • report to    ~에 대한 보고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 報告, 報告書, 報道, 成績表, 爆発音, 噂, 世評
v. - 報告する, 報道する, 届け出る, 言い付ける, 出頭する, 発表する, 報じる

idioms:

  • report back    帰って報告する
  • report for duty    職務報告
  • report has it    噂
  • report progress    経過を報告する
  • report structure    報告書の構成
  • report to    出頭する, 伝える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تقرير (فعل) يبعث تقرير, يبلغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דיווח, הודיע, כתב (בעיתון), רשם, התלונן על, התייצב‬
v. intr. - ‮דיווח, היה אחראי בפני (ממונה)‬
n. - ‮דו"ח, דיווח, תעודה, כתבה, קול-נפץ, ידיעה, שמועה, רכילות‬


 
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