re·port

(rĭ-pôrt′)

a. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group: a company's annual report.

b. A spoken or written account of an event, usually presented in detail: a news report; reports of children getting food poisoning.

2. A person who is accountable or subordinate to another person within a company or organization: a manager with two reports.

3. reports Law Bound volumes containing the published court opinions in legal cases, intended to provide a reference for precedents in subsequent cases.

a. Reputation; repute: We know him only by report.

b. Archaic Common talk; rumor or gossip.

5. An explosive noise: the report of a rifle.

v. re·port·ed, re·port·ing, re·ports

v.tr.

a. To make or present an official or formal account of: The study reported a decline in heart disease. The audit reports that the company lost money.

b. To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast: report the news.

a. To tell about the presence or occurrence of: A burglar was reported in the area.

b. To relate or tell, especially from personal experience: They reported that fallen tree limbs were blocking the road. See Synonyms at describe.

3. To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning: The committee reported the bill.

4. To carry back and repeat to another: reported the rumor of a strike.

5. To complain about or denounce: reported the students to the principal.

v.intr.

1. To make a report: Would you please report on what happened?

2. To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.

3. To present oneself: report for duty.

4. To be accountable or subordinate to someone: She reports directly to the board of directors.

Phrasal Verb:

report out

To return after deliberation to a legislative body for action: The committee reported the new tax bill out.

Idiom:

on report

Subject to disciplinary action.

[Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportāre : re-, re- + portāre, to carry; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

re·port′a·ble adj.

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reporting

(rɪˈpɔːtɪŋ)

1. the act or process of reporting news or other events of general interest

2. (Journalism & Publishing) the act or process of reporting news or other events of general interest

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

reporting - the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations"

reportage, coverage

news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"

reporting

noun journalism, writing, presenting, newscasting a reputation for honest and impartial reporting

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Translations

déclaration des ordresmercatique après-ventereddition de comptes

cronaca

reporting

[rɪˈpɔːtɪŋ]

A. N (Press, TV, Rad) → cobertura f, reportajes mpl
her reporting of the war in Bosnia → su cobertura or sus reportajes de la guerra en Bosnia

B. CPD reporting restrictions NPL (Press, TV, Rad) → restricciones fpl informativas

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reporting

reporting restrictions

pl (Brit Jur) → Berichterstattungsbeschränkungen pl (→ on in Bezug auf +acc); reporting were not lifted → die Berichterstattungsbeschränkungen wurden nicht aufgehoben

reporting structure

n → Organisationsstruktur f

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"Resolved, That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient, that on the second Monday of May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose OF REVISING THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such ALTERATIONS AND PROVISIONS THEREIN, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution ADEQUATE TO THE EXIGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION."

Instead of reporting a plan requiring the confirmation OF THE LEGISLATURES OF ALL THE STATES, they have reported a plan which is to be confirmed by the PEOPLE, and may be carried into effect by NINE STATES ONLY.

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