record

transitive verb | \ ri-ˈkȯrd \ | re·cord

1. : to put in a record

2. : to deposit or otherwise cause to be registered in the appropriate office as a record and notice of a title or interest in property record a deed record a mortgage — see also recording act

3. : to cause (as sound, images, or data) to be registered on something in reproducible form record a telephone conversation

   : to record something

noun | \ ˈre-kərd \ | rec·ord

1. a : an official document that records the acts of a public body or officer

   b : an official copy of a document deposited with a designated officer

   c : the official set of papers used and generated in a proceeding the appeals court reviewed the trial record

   d : documented evidence or history of one or more arrests or convictions — see also business records exception, public records exception

2. : something (as a disc or tape) on which images, sound, or data has been recorded