reporting
verb
- 1
To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- 2
To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- 3
To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
- 4
To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
“For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station.”
- 5
To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
“If you do that again I'll report you to the boss.”
- 6
To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- 7
To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
“Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster.”
- 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).
“Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.”
- 9
To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
“The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.”
- 10
To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- 11
To refer.
- 12
To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
noun
- 1
The creation of reports, as for a business or a journal.
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