1. 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.
2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence,
etc., for publication.
3. 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.
Report
(Re*port") n. [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.]
1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or
inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller. (b)
A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
1 Kings x. 6.
Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and . . . of good report among all the nation of the Jews.
Acts x.
22. (c) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. (d) 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. (e) 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. (f) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a
public meeting, legislative body, etc.
2. Rapport; relation; connection; reference. [Obs.]
The corridors worse, having no report to the wings they join to.
Evelyn. Syn. — Account; relation; narration; detail; description; recital; narrative; story; rumor; hearsay.
Reportable
(Re*port"a*ble) a. Capable or admitting of being reported.
Reportage
(Re*port"age) n. SAme as Report. [Obs.]
Reporter
(Re*port"er) n. One who reports. Specifically: (a) An officer or person who makes authorized
statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates. (b) One who reports speeches,
the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.
Of our tales judge and reportour.
Chaucer. Reportingly
(Re*port"ing*ly), adv. By report or common fame.
Reportorial
(Re`por*to"ri*al) a. Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a
newspaper.
