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record | table |

As a noun record

is record.

As a verb table is

.

record

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from recorder. See .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=John T. Jost , title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)? , volume=100, issue=2, page=162 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record .}}
    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.
  • A vinyl disc on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.
  • I still like records better than CDs.
  • (computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.
  • The most extreme known value of some achievement, particularly in competitive events.
  • The heat and humidity were both new records .
    The team set a new record for most points scored in a game.
    Synonyms
    * log * (information put into a lasting physical medium) * (vinyl disk) disc/disk * (most extreme known value)
    Derived terms
    * activation record * for the record * of record * on record * off the record * on the record * record-breaking * public record * world record

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a record of information.
  • I wanted to record every detail of what happened, for the benefit of future generations.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.}}
  • Specifically, to make an audio or video recording of.
  • Within a week they had recorded both the song and the video for it.
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  • (legal) To give legal status to by making an official public record.
  • When the deed was recorded , we officially owned the house.
  • To fix in a medium, usually in a tangible medium.
  • To make an audio, video, or multimedia recording.
  • (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To repeat; to practice.
  • (ambitransitive, obsolete) To sing or repeat a tune.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * W. Browne
  • whether the birds or she recorded best
  • * Fairfax
  • They longed to see the day, to hear the lark / Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest.
  • (obsolete) To reflect; to ponder.
  • * Fuller
  • Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read.
    Derived terms
    * recordable * recorder * recording

    Antonyms

    * (make a record of information) erase * (make an audio or video recording of) erase

    table

    English

    (wikipedia table)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
  • # An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
  • #* , chapter=6
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table —but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}
  • #* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), chapter=Foreword
  • , title= The China Governess , passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}
  • # A flat tray which can be used as a table.
  • # (poker, metonym)  The lineup of players at a given table.
  • # A group of people at a table, for example for a meal or game.
  • #*
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • # A service of Holy Communion.
  • A two-dimensional presentation of data.
  • # A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
  • #* 1997 , Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
  • I’m using mathesis — a universal science of measurement and order …
    And there is also taxinomia a principle of classification and ordered tabulation.
    Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables
    Western reason had entered the age of judgement.
  • # A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
  • # (computing)  A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
  • # (sports)  A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
  • #* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=April 10, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle , passage=On this evidence they will certainly face tougher tests, as a depleted Newcastle side seemed to bask in the relative security of being ninth in the table .}}
  • (musical instruments)  The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
  • (backgammon)  One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
  • Synonyms

    * (computing) grid, vector

    Hypernyms

    * (furniture) furniture * (computing) array

    Hyponyms

    * (computing) hashtable

    Derived terms

    {{der3, billiard table , bring to the table , Cayley table , coffee table , data table , dining table , dinner table , division table , dressing table , drop-leaf table , drink under the table , end table , examining table , file allocation table , function table , hash table , league table , log table , lookup table , multiplication table , off the table , periodic table , pier table , pool table , pound the table , put one's cards on the table , rainbow table , round table , shake table , tablecloth/table cloth , , table dancer , table decoration , table football , table-hop , table lamp , table linen , table manners , table mountain , table of contents , table salt , table saw , table stakes , table talk , table tennis , table wine , tablespoon , tabletop , tableward , tableware , talk someone under the table , tea table , tide table , timetable/time table/time-table , toilet table , tray-table , truth table , turn the tables , under the table , vanity table , wait tables , water table , occasional table}} (table)

    Coordinate terms

    * (furniture) chair

    Verb

    (tabl)
  • To put on a table.
  • (Carlyle)
  • (British, Canada) To propose for discussion (from to put on the table ).
  • The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will start discussing it now.
  • (US) To hold back to a later time; to postpone.
  • The legislature tabled the amendment, so they will not be discussing it until later.
    The motion was tabled, ensuring that it would not be taken up until a later date.
  • To tabulate; to put into a table.
  • to table fines
  • To delineate, as on a table; to represent, as in a picture.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • tabled and pictured in the chambers of meditation
  • To supply with food; to feed.
  • (Milton)
  • (carpentry) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
  • To enter upon the docket.
  • to table charges against someone
  • (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
  • See also

    * tabula rasa

    Statistics

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