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• ReportDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
2. (v. t.) To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
3. (v. t.) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
4. (v. t.) 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, Cokes Reports.
5. (v. t.) That which is reported.
6. (v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
7. (v. t.) Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
8. (v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
9. (v. i.) 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 oclock.
10. (v. t.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
11. (v. t.) 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.
12. (v. i.) To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
13. (v. t.) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
14. (v. t.) 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.
15. (v. i.) To present ones 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 ones address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.
16. (v. t.) To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
17. (v. t.) To refer.
18. (v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
19. (v. t.) 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.
20. (v. t.) To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.

• ReporterDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates.
2. (n.) One who reports.
3. (n.) One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.