report

report: /rɪ'pɔ:t/ noun

1. a statement describing what has happened or describing a state of affairs

● to make a report or to present a report or to send in a report on market opportunities in the Far East

● The accountants are drafting a report on salary scales.

● The sales manager reads all the reports from the sales team.

● The chairman has received a report from the insurance company.

♦ the treasurer’s report a document from the honorary treasurer of a society to explain the financial state of the society to its members

2. an official document from a government committee

● The government has issued a report on the credit problems of exporters.

● They reported for work at the usual time.

■ verb

1. to make a statement describing something

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● The salesforce reported an increased demand for the product.

● He reported the damage to the insurance company.

● We asked the bank to report on his financial status.

2.

♦ to report to someone to be responsible to or to be under someone

● She reports direct to the managing director.

● The salesforce reports to the sales director.

3. to publish the results of a company for a period and declare the dividend

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‘…a draft report on changes in the international monetary system’ [Wall Street Journal]

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‘…responsibilities include the production of premium quality business reports’ [Times]

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‘…the research director will manage a team of business analysts monitoring and reporting on the latest development in retail distribution’ [Times]

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‘…the successful candidate will report to the area director for profit responsibility for sales of leading brands’ [Times]

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Synonyms:

Announce, annunciate, declare, communicate, set forth, make known, give an account of, Account, announcement, statement, declaration, communication / Relate, mention, bruit, advertise, publish, tell, promulgate, give out, state, rumor, circulate publicly, Rumor, relation, account, narration, detail, description, recital, narrative, story, tale / Take down (in writing), make minutes of, record, Rumor, common fame, hearsay / Relate, tell, narrate, recite, describe, detail, make known, Explosion, noise, sound, detonation, discharge, repercussion / Repute, reputation, fame, public character / Record, note, minute, account, statement (in writing)

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report — [ rəpɔr ] n. m. • 1826; « récit d un événement » v. 1200; de 1. reporter 1 ♦ Bourse Opération par laquelle un spéculateur vend au comptant à un capitaliste (⇒ reporteur) des titres, des devises ou des marchandises qu il lui rachète en même temps… … Encyclopédie Universelle
report — re·port 1 n: a usu. detailed account or statement: as a: an account or statement of the facts of a case heard and of the decision and opinion of the court or of a quasi judicial tribunal determining the case b: a written submission of a question… … Law dictionary
report — n 1 Report, rumor, gossip, hearsay are comparable when they mean common talk or an instance of it that spreads rapidly. Report is the most general and least explicit of these terms; it need not imply an authentic basis for the common talk, but it … New Dictionary of Synonyms
report — REPÓRT, reporturi, s.n. Trecere a unei sume (reprezentând un total parţial) din josul unei coloane în fruntea coloanei următoare, pentru a fi adunată în continuare; p. ext. sumă, total reportate sau orice sumă rămasă dintr un calcul anterior. –… … Dicționar Român
report — [ri pôrt′] vt. [ME reporten < OFr reporter, to carry back < L reportare < re , back + portare, to carry: see PORT3] 1. to give an account of, often at regular intervals; give information about (something seen, done, etc.); recount 2. to… … English World dictionary
Report — Re*port (r[ e]*p[=o]rt ), n. [Cf. F. rapport. See {Report}.v. t.] 1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. From Thetis sent as spies to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
report — [n1] account, story address, announcement, article, blow by blow*, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire*, information, message, narration,… … New thesaurus
Report — Re*port (r? p?rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reported}; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see {Rapport}), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re re + portare to bear or bring. See {Port} bearing,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Report — Re*port (r? p?rt ), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish in writing an account of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
report — (n.) late 14c., an account brought by one person to another, rumor, from O.Fr. report (Mod.Fr. rapport), from reporter to tell, relate, from L. reportare carry back, from re back + portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)). Meaning formal… … Etymology dictionary
report — /ˈreport, ingl. rɪˈpɔːt/ [vc. ingl., propr. «relazione»] s. m. inv. resoconto, rapporto, relazione … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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