report

Where “report” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
2. 2
   To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
3. 3
   To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
4. 4
   To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
5. 5
   To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
6. 6
   To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
7. 7
   To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
8. 8
   To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
9. 9
   To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
10. 10
    To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
11. 11
    To refer.
12. 12
    To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
13. 13
    Of a ship, to return to a port.

Etymology

From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erport,reoprt,reporrt,reportt,repotr,repport,reprot,rpeort,rreport

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of report - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

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