record: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 9 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of record
noun
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
Example: The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.
Example: We have no record of you making this payment to us.
- broadly, informal
Ellipsis of phonograph record (“a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph”). A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
Example: Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
Listed forms: records.
Source: Wiktionary — record.
adj
- attributive, not-comparable
Enough to break previous records and set a new one; world-class; historic.
Source: Wiktionary — record.
verb
- transitive
To make a record of information.
Example: I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
- transitive
To make an audio or video recording of.
Example: Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
- transitive
To give legal status to by making an official public record.
Example: When the deed was recorded, we officially owned the house.
- intransitive
To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
Listed forms: records, recording, recorded.
Source: Wiktionary — record.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for record.
noun
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
noun
the sum of recognized accomplishments
- track record
noun
a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
- record book
- book
noun
a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
- criminal record
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of record
R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + O(1) + R(1) + D(2) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of record
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from record
39 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in record. Showing up to 24, longest first.