report
Definitions
General English
- noun a description of what has happened or what will happen
General Science
- noun a document giving an account of something, stating what action has been taken, what the current state is or what the results of a test or experiment are
- verb to give an account of something
Accounting
- noun a statement describing what has happened or describing a state of affairs
- verb to make a statement describing something
- verb to publish the results of a company for a period and declare the dividend
Aviation
- verb to write or tell information in an official manner
Information & Library Science
- noun a formal document that discusses a particular subject or states exactly what happened
Law
- verb to broadcast an account of events on television or radio or publish it in a newspaper
Media Studies
- noun an account of news presented by a journalist, in a print or broadcast medium
- verb to find out facts and tell people about them in print or a broadcast
Medical
- noun an official note stating what action has been taken, what treatment given or what results have come from a test
Military
- noun verbal or written information, which is given or sent to another person
- verb to give or send information to another person
- verb to take disciplinary action against someone
Politics
- noun a statement describing what has happened or describing what the present situation is
- noun an official document from a committee set up by the government to investigate something
- noun a document in which a committee of the House of Commons or Congress explains the discussions which have been held about a bill which has been given to it to examine, and contains the amendments which the committee has proposed should be made to the bill
Publishing
- verb to produce a computer printout showing a state of affairs
- verb to go to a place or to attend something
Travel
- verb to tell somebody about something officially
Origin & History of “report”
To report something is etymologically to ‘carry it back’. The word was borrowed from Old French reporter, which went back to Latin reportāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and portāre ‘carry’ (source of English import, portable, porter, etc). The metaphorical application to ‘bringing back news’ developed in Latin.
