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Enterprise Reporting; Report file; Report format; Report writer; Damning report; Reports; Report writing

report

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n.

1) to file, give, make, present, submit a report

2) to draw up, make out, write, write out, write up a report

3) to confirm a report

4) an accurate; biased, slanted; confirmed; detailed, exhaustive; favorable, positive; firsthand; negative, unfavorable; objective; unconfirmed report

5) an annual; daily; incident; interim; majority; minority; monthly; morning; newspaper; oral; status; traffic; weather; weekly; written report

6) a classified; confidential; restricted; secret; top secret report

7) a school report (BE; AE has report card)

8) a report about, on; to (she filed a report about the incident; the annual report to stockholders)

9) a report that + clause (we have heard reports that the road is closed)

II

v.

1) (B) ('to relate') we reported the information to the authorities

2) (D; intr.) to report about, on ('to describe') (the correspondent reported on the situation at the front)

3) (D; intr.) ('to present oneself') to report for; to (to report to headquarters for duty)

4) (D; tr.) ('to inform on') to report for; to (to report smb. to the police for violating an ordinance)

5) (pol.) (AE) (d; tr.) to report out of ('to return smt. for further action') (to report a bill out of committee)

6) (D; intr.) to report to ('to answer to') (she reports directly to the dean)

7) (G) ('to make known') several people reported having seen the stolen car

8) (K) ('to make known') smb. reported their leaving early

9) (L; to) ('to relate') she reported (to us) that she had accomplished her mission

10) (M) ('to describe') the fire was reported to be burning out of control

11) (N; used with an adjective, past participle) ('to describe') the patrol reported the entire area clear/cleared; he was reported missing in action

12) (Q) ('to describe') they reported how the incident took place

13) (esp. BE) (s) to report sick

report

(reports, reporting, reported)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

If you report something that has happened, you tell people about it.

They had been called in to clear drains after local people reported a foul smell...

I reported the theft to the police...

The officials also reported that two more ships were apparently heading for Malta...

'He seems to be all right now,' reported a relieved Taylor...

The foreign secretary is reported as saying that force will have to be used if diplomacy fails...

She reported him missing the next day...

Between forty and fifty people are reported to have died in the fighting.

VERB: V n, V n to n, V that, V with quote, be V-ed as -ing/-ed, V n adj, be V-ed to-inf

2.

If you report on an event or subject, you tell people about it, because it is your job or duty to do so.

Many journalists enter the country to report on political affairs...

I'll now call at the vicarage and report to you in due course.

VERB: V on n, V to n

3.

A report is a news article or broadcast which gives information about something that has just happened.

...a report in London's Independent newspaper...

N-COUNT: usu with supp

4.

A report is an official document which a group of people issue after investigating a situation or event.

After an inspection, the inspectors must publish a report.

N-COUNT: oft N on n, N by n

5.

If you give someone a report on something, you tell them what has been happening.

She came back to give us a progress report on how the project is going...

N-COUNT

6.

If you say that there are reports that something has happened, you mean that some people say it has happened but you have no direct evidence of it.

There are unconfirmed reports that two people have been shot in the neighbouring town of Lalitpur...

N-COUNT: usu pl, N of n, N that

7.

If someone reports you to a person in authority, they tell that person about something wrong that you have done.

His ex-wife reported him to police a few days later...

The Princess was reported for speeding twice on the same road within a week.

VERB: V n to n, be V-ed for -ing/n

8.

If you report to a person or place, you go to that person or place and say that you are ready to start work or say that you are present.

Mr Ashwell has to surrender his passport and report to the police every five days...

None of the men had reported for duty.

VERB: V to n, V for n

9.

If you say that one employee reports to another, you mean that the first employee is told what to do by the second one and is responsible to them. (FORMAL)

He reported to a section chief, who reported to a division chief, and so on up the line.

VERB: no cont, V to n

10.

A school report is an official written account of how well or how badly a pupil has done during the term or year that has just finished. (BRIT; in AM, use report card
)

And now she was getting bad school reports.

N-COUNT

11.

A report is a sudden loud noise, for example the sound of a gun being fired or an explosion. (FORMAL)

Soon afterwards there was a loud report as the fuel tanks exploded.

N-COUNT

12.

see also reporting

Report

·vt That which is reported.

II. Report ·vt To Refer.

III. Report ·vt Rapport; relation; connection; reference.

IV. Report ·vt Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.

V. Report ·vt To return or repeat, as sound; to Echo.

VI. Report ·vt A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.

VII. Report ·vt To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.

VIII. Report ·vt An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.

IX. Report ·vt To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.

X. Report ·vt To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.

XI. Report ·vt To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.

XII. Report ·vt A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, ·etc.

XIII. Report ·vi To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, ·etc., for publication.

XIV. Report ·vi 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.

XV. Report ·vt To give an account of; to Relate; to Tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.

XVI. Report ·vt An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, ·etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.

XVII. Report ·vt To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an Inquiry.

XVIII. Report ·vt To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.

XIX. Report ·vi To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, ·etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.

XX. Report ·vt An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like.

Wikipedia

Report

A report is a document that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Although summaries of reports may be delivered orally, complete reports are almost always in the form of written documents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report

Examples of use of report

1. The report on Tessa Jowell The cabinet secretary‘s report

2. The annual report, called the 2006 Comprehensive Report on U.S.

3. The report on Tessa JowellThe cabinet secretary‘s report

4. The report on Tessa JowellThe cabinet secretary‘s report

5. Special report Transport in the UK Rail accidents Special report: Paddington train crash Special report: Potters Bar train crash