report

report: report n 1 Report, rumor, gossip, hearsay are comparable when they mean common talk or an instance of it that spreads rapidly.

Report is the most general and least explicit of these terms; it need not imply an authentic basis for the common talk, but it often suggests some ground for the belief unless specifically qualified (as by false, untrue, or wild)

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my brother Jaques he keeps at school and report speaks goldenly of his profit— Shak.
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denies the common report that he ghosted the whole document— Bliven b. 1889
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spread a false report
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Rumor applies to a report that flies about, often gains in detail as it spreads, but lacks both an evident source and clear-cut evidence of its truth

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almost every newspaper issue brought rumors of reduction in their salaries— Heiser
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we make our blunders ... as rumor has it that you make your own— Cardozo
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Gossip applies to idle talk, chiefly about personal affairs and behavior, that is the source of or means of propagating rumors or reports, and is sometimes used in the sense of a rumor or report

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neighborhood gossip
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my presence killed the gossip on her tongue— Barrie
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gossip about the party leader and his beautiful blond niece was inevitable— Shirer
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this girl's ... intimate gossip about well-known people— Wouk
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Hearsay carries a strong implication of the means by which a report or rumor comes to one, that is, by hearing rather than by seeing or knowing directly

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the qualifications and doubts that distinguish critical science from hearsay knowledge— Cohen
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It is sometimes extended to a report or rumor based upon such hearsay

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the hearsays bandied about by the medievalists— Behrman
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Analogous words: talking or talk, conversing or conversation, speaking or speech (see corresponding verbs at SPEAK): chatting, chattering or chatter, prating (see CHAT): *news, tidings, intelligence, advice

2 *account, story, chronicle, version

3 dispatch, message, note, *letter, epistle, missive, memorandum

report vb *relate, narrate, describe, state, recite, recount, rehearse

Analogous words: *communicate, impart: *reveal, disclose, discover, tell, divulge

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Synonyms:

Announce, annunciate, declare, communicate, set forth, make known, give an account of, Account, announcement, statement, declaration, communication / Relate, mention, bruit, advertise, publish, tell, promulgate, give out, state, rumor, circulate publicly, Rumor, relation, account, narration, detail, description, recital, narrative, story, tale / Take down (in writing), make minutes of, record, Rumor, common fame, hearsay / Relate, tell, narrate, recite, describe, detail, make known, Explosion, noise, sound, detonation, discharge, repercussion / Repute, reputation, fame, public character / Record, note, minute, account, statement (in writing)

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report — [ rəpɔr ] n. m. • 1826; « récit d un événement » v. 1200; de 1. reporter 1 ♦ Bourse Opération par laquelle un spéculateur vend au comptant à un capitaliste (⇒ reporteur) des titres, des devises ou des marchandises qu il lui rachète en même temps… … Encyclopédie Universelle
report — re·port 1 n: a usu. detailed account or statement: as a: an account or statement of the facts of a case heard and of the decision and opinion of the court or of a quasi judicial tribunal determining the case b: a written submission of a question… … Law dictionary
report — REPÓRT, reporturi, s.n. Trecere a unei sume (reprezentând un total parţial) din josul unei coloane în fruntea coloanei următoare, pentru a fi adunată în continuare; p. ext. sumă, total reportate sau orice sumă rămasă dintr un calcul anterior. –… … Dicționar Român
report — [ri pôrt′] vt. [ME reporten < OFr reporter, to carry back < L reportare < re , back + portare, to carry: see PORT3] 1. to give an account of, often at regular intervals; give information about (something seen, done, etc.); recount 2. to… … English World dictionary
Report — Re*port (r[ e]*p[=o]rt ), n. [Cf. F. rapport. See {Report}.v. t.] 1. That which is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. From Thetis sent as spies to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
report — [n1] account, story address, announcement, article, blow by blow*, brief, broadcast, cable, chronicle, communication, communique, declaration, description, detail, digest, dispatch, handout, history, hot wire*, information, message, narration,… … New thesaurus
Report — Re*port (r? p?rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reported}; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see {Rapport}), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re re + portare to bear or bring. See {Port} bearing,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Report — Re*port (r? p?rt ), v. i. 1. To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o clock. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish in writing an account of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
report — (n.) late 14c., an account brought by one person to another, rumor, from O.Fr. report (Mod.Fr. rapport), from reporter to tell, relate, from L. reportare carry back, from re back + portare to carry (see PORT (Cf. port) (1)). Meaning formal… … Etymology dictionary
report — /ˈreport, ingl. rɪˈpɔːt/ [vc. ingl., propr. «relazione»] s. m. inv. resoconto, rapporto, relazione … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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