record
/ˈɹɛk.ɚd/ noun B1- An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium. · The person had a record of the interview so she could review her notes.· The tourist's photographs and the tape of the police call provide a record of the crime.
- Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference. · We have no record of you making this payment to us.· My remarks were struck from the record.
- A music album; broadly, any music released as a single, EP, etc.
- A set of data relating to a single individual or item. · Pull up the record on John Smith. What's his medical history?
- A data structure similar to a struct, in some programming languages such as C and Java based on classes and designed for storing immutable data.
- The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events. · The heat and humidity were both new records.· Australia set a record of 10 back-to-back T20I wins.
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Holmes balanced it on his knee and his eyes moved slowly and lovingly over the record of old cases, mixed with the accumulated information of a lifetime.
I have some recollection that you made a record of it, Watson, though I was unable to congratulate you upon the result.
It would indeed be a triumphant ending to his excellent sporting record if he added me to his bag.
He still came to me from time to time when he desired a companion in his investigation, but these occasions grew more and more seldom, until I find that in the year 1890 there were only three cases of which I retain any record.
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