10 N‑COUNT If someone has a criminal record , it is officially known that they have committed crimes in the past. □ …a heroin addict with a criminal record going back 15 years.
11 → see also recording , track record
12 PHRASE If you say that what you are going to say next is for the record , you mean that you are saying it publicly and officially and you want it to be written down and remembered. □ We're willing to state for the record that it has enormous value.
13 PHRASE If you give some information for the record , you give it in case people might find it useful at a later time, although it is not a very important part of what you are talking about. □ For the record, most Moscow girls leave school at about 18.
14 PHRASE If something that you say is off the record , you do not intend it to be considered as official, or published with your name attached to it. □ May I speak off the record?
15 PHRASE If you are on record as saying something, you have said it publicly and officially and it has been written down. □ The Chancellor is on record as saying that the increase in unemployment is 'a price worth paying' to keep inflation down.
16 PHRASE If you keep information on record , you write it down or store it in a computer so that it can be used later. □ The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
17 PHRASE If something is the best, worst, or biggest on record , it is the best, worst, or biggest thing of its kind that has been noticed and written down. □ It's the shortest election campaign on record.
18 PHRASE If you set the record straight or put the record straight , you show that something which has been regarded as true is in fact not true. □ Let me set the record straight on the misconceptions contained in your article.
re cord-breaker (record-breakers ) also record breaker N‑COUNT A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity. □ The movie became a box-office record breaker.
re cord-breaking ADJ [ADJ n] A record-breaking success, result, or performance is one that beats the previous best success, result, or performance. □ Australia's rugby union side enjoyed a record-breaking win over France.
rec|o rd|ed de|li v|ery N‑UNCOUNT If you send a letter or parcel recorded delivery , you send it using a Post Office service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been posted and delivered. [BRIT ] □ Use recorded delivery for large cheques or money orders. in AM, usually use registered mail
re|cord|er /r I kɔː r də r / (recorders )
1 N‑VAR A recorder is a wooden or plastic musical instrument in the shape of a pipe. You play the recorder by blowing into the top of it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
2 N‑COUNT A recorder is a machine or instrument that keeps a record of something, for example in an experiment or on a vehicle. □ Data recorders also pin-point mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
3 N‑COUNT In the past, you could refer to a cassette recorder, a tape recorder, or a video recorder as a recorder . □ Rodney put the recorder on the desk top and pushed the play button.
4 → see also flight recorder
re c|ord hold|er (record holders ) N‑COUNT The record holder in a particular sport or activity is the person or team that holds the record for doing it fastest or best. □ [+ for ] …the British record holder for the 200m backstroke.
re|cord|ing ◆◇◇ /r I kɔː r d I ŋ/ (recordings )
1 N‑COUNT A recording of something is a record, CD, tape, or video of it. □ [+ of ] …a video recording of a police interview.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] Recording is the process of making records, CDs, tapes, or videos. □ …the recording industry.
re c|ord play|er (record players ) also record-player N‑COUNT A record player is a machine on which you can play a record in order to listen to the music or other sounds on it.
re|count (recounts , recounting , recounted ) The verb is pronounced /r I kaʊ nt/. The noun is pronounced /riː kaʊnt/. 1 VERB If you recount a story or event, you tell or describe it to people. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He then recounted the story of the interview for his first job. □ [V wh] He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace. [Also V that]
2 N‑COUNT A recount is a second count of votes in an election when the result is very close. □ She wanted a recount. She couldn't believe that I had got more votes than her.
re|coup /r I kuː p/ (recoups , recouping , recouped ) VERB If you recoup a sum of money that you have spent or lost, you get it back. □ [V n] Insurance companies are trying to recoup their losses by increasing premiums.
re|course /r I kɔː r s/ N‑UNCOUNT If you achieve something without recourse to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have recourse to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. [FORMAL ] □ [+ to ] It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war.
re|cov|er ◆◇◇ /r I kʌ və r / (recovers , recovering , recovered )
1 VERB When you recover from an illness or an injury, you become well again. □ [V + from ] He is recovering from a knee injury. □ [V ] A policeman was recovering in hospital last night after being stabbed.
2 VERB If you recover from an unhappy or unpleasant experience, you stop being upset by it. □ [V + from ] …a tragedy from which he never fully recovered. □ [V ] There was no time to recover from the defeat.