0 to store sounds or moving pictures using electronic equipment so that they can be heard or seen later: --
1 to keep information for the future, by writing it down or storing it on a computer: --
The thermometer recorded a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius.
The coroner recorded (= decided) a verdict of accidental death.
[ + that ] In his journal, Captain Scott recorded that he and his companions were weakened by lack of food.
Unemployment is likely to reach the highest total that has ever been recorded.
2 a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on a computer: --
And, just for the record, we were never any more than good friends.
I won't fly with an airline that has a bad safety record (= whose aircraft have often had accidents).
He is well known to the police and has a long criminal record (= a list kept by the police of his previous crimes).
A person's medical records are confidential.
This summer has been the hottest on record (= the hottest summer known about).
Many doctors who worked in the relevant period must be available for questioning and hospital records have survived.
The families were recruited from local birth records.
There were 1,666 records recovered through the search strategy mentioned above.
For the validation, complete medical records were requested for each patient from the participating hospitals for the 12-week study period.
The insert represents a phase plane plot of the two variables recorded in the figure.
Coherences between recording sites reflect the pattern and degree of connectivity between brain regions.
After a short pause the two stimuli were given in reversed positions, again 25 choices were recorded and correct choices rewarded.
As far as the records show he was never returned, recaptured and subsequently sold, or died in her charge.
