1. report - Noun
2. report - Verb
To refer.
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.
To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
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.
To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
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.
To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
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.
That which is reported.
An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
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.
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.
A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand. Bertrand Russell
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. Petrarch
There is no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don't even have to exaggerate. Will Rogers
He explains away his report. Hungarian Proverb
She is not a modest woman whom common report condemns. Latin Proverb