record in WordNet English dictionary

1. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone
   "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
   record  record book  book 
   
2. a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
   "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long"
   criminal record  record 
   
3. sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
   phonograph record  phonograph recording  record  disk  disc  platter 
   
4. an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
   "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"
   record 
   
5. the sum of recognized accomplishments
   "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president"
   record  track record 
   
6. anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
   "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
   record 
   
7. a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction
   "they could find no record of the purchase"
   record 
   
8. the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had
   "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league"
   record 
   

1. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
   commemorate  memorialize  memorialise  immortalize  immortalise  record 
   
2. make a record of; set down in permanent form
   record  enter  put down 
   
3. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
   read  register  show  record 
   
4. register electronically
   "They recorded her singing"
   record  tape 
   
5. be aware of
   "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
   record  register