report
 re·port (rĭ-pôrtʹ -pōrtʹ)n.
1. An account presented usually in detail.
2. A formal account of the proceedings or transactions of a group.
3. Law. A published collection of authoritative accounts of court cases or of judicial decisions. Often used in the plural.
4. Common talk; rumor or gossip:
According to report, they eloped.
5. Reputation; repute:
a person of bad report.
6. An explosive noise:
the report of a rifle.v. re·port·ed, re·port·ing, re·portsv. tr.
1. To make or present an often official, formal, or regular account of.
2. To relate or tell about; present:
report one's findings.
See Synonyms at describe.
3. To write or provide an account or summation of for publication or broadcast:
report the news.
4. To submit or relate the results of considerations concerning:
The committee reported the bill.
5. To carry back and repeat to another:
reported the rumor of a strike.
6. To complain about or denounce:
reported them to the principal.v. intr.
1. To make a report.
2. To serve as a reporter for a publication, broadcasting company, or other news media.
3. To present oneself:
report for duty.
4. To be accountable:
She reports directly to the board of directors.Phrasal Verb:report out
To return after deliberation to a legislative body for action:
The committee reported the new tax bill out.Idiom:on report
Subject to disclipinary action. [Middle English, from Old French, from reporter, to report, from Latin reportāre: re-, re- + portāre, to carry; See per-2 in Indo-European Roots.] re·portʹa·ble adj.
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