to record
- verb
- /ˈrɛkərd/
- Once the questions were formed, the six participating teachers explored and recorded the responses of their pupils.
- record data
- record movements
- record under identical conditions
So, all being normal, the detector will always record no light.
- So, all being normal, the detector will always record no light.
Examples
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We've been recording between 25 and 75 earthquakes per day.
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The scientist will record the temperature every hour using the new thermometer.
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Make sure your team is recording this.
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And they had no idea it's being tape recorded.
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Also, the time involved in recording the data was challenging for some schools.
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Both indicated that they recorded information about disabilities because they have the experience to identify them.
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The speech of the NH-EM group was recorded only once at Visit 2.
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Second, children's weight and height were recorded during regularly scheduled physical activity classes.
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The 90-minute focus group interview was recorded using both a digital voice recorder and a video recorder.
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Tigers are adept swimmers and have been recorded easily swimming across rivers.
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Synonyms
To give proof that something is true
To write or save information to show proof
To show a measurement or number on a device
Put information on paper to help you remember it later
Record data on a computer to use later
To write down events or information to keep a record
To write something down so you do not forget it
To write events in the order they happened
To show a measurement or reading on a device
To put voices or sounds on tape to play them later
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Formal
The official written report of what members of the US Congress say and how they vote
- Archaic
A flat round disc with a groove that stores music and is played on a turntable
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A device on a record player that plays several records by itself in a row
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Shares that are owned by people whose names are on the company's official list on a set date
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A person or company whose name appears on the company's list of owners of shares on a certain date
How Precise
Surface Forms
Etymology
To record in the sense of a device showing a measurement comes from the same Latin recordari 'to remember', so the device 'remembers' the numbers or events it shows. That is why we say a sensor 'recorded' no change when nothing was measured.