reporting

re·port  (r-pôrt -prt)

n.

1. An account presented usually in detail.

2. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group.

3. Law A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural.

4. Common talk; rumor or gossip: According to report, they eloped.

5. Reputation; repute: a person of bad report.

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

v. re·port·ed, re·port·ing, re·ports

v.tr.

1. To make or present an often official, formal, or regular account of.

2. To relate or tell about; present: report one's findings. See Synonyms at describe.

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

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

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

6. To complain about or denounce: reported them to the principal.

v.intr.

1. To make a report.

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: 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 disclipinary action.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportre : re-, re- + portre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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re·porta·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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reporting

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

Translations

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

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