12 → see also reporting
▸ report back
1 PHRASAL VERB If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about. □ [V P + to ] The teams are due to report back to the Prime Minister early next year. □ [V P ] I'll report back the moment I have located him. □ [V P + on ] He would, of course, report back on all deliberations. □ [V P that] The repairman reported back that the computer had a virus. [Also V n P , V P n]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you report back to a place, you go back there and say that you are ready to start work or say that you are present. □ [V P + to ] The authorities have ordered all soldiers to report back to barracks. □ [V P ] They were sent home and told to report back in the afternoon. [Also V P + for ]
re|port|age /r I pɔː r t I dʒ, re pɔː r tɑː ʒ/ N‑UNCOUNT Reportage is the reporting of news and other events of general interest for newspapers, television, and radio. [FORMAL ] □ …the magazine's acclaimed mix of reportage and fashion.
re|po rt card (report cards )
1 N‑COUNT A report card is an official written account of how well or how badly a pupil has done during the term or year that has just finished. [AM ] □ The only time I got their attention was when I brought home straight A's on my report card. in BRIT, use report 2 N‑COUNT A report card is a report on how well a person, organization, or country has been doing recently. [AM , JOURNALISM ] □ The President today issued his final report card on the state of the economy.
re|po rt|ed clause (reported clauses ) N‑COUNT A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause. [BRIT ]
re|port|ed|ly /r I pɔː r t I dli/ ADV [ADV before v] If you say that something is reportedly true, you mean that someone has said that it is true, but you have no direct evidence of it. [FORMAL , VAGUENESS ] □ More than two hundred people have reportedly been killed in the past week's fighting.
re|po rt|ed que s|tion (reported questions ) N‑COUNT A reported question is a question which is reported using a clause beginning with a word such as 'why' or 'whether', as in 'I asked her why she'd done it'. [BRIT ]
re|po rt|ed spee ch N‑UNCOUNT Reported speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'. [BRIT ] in AM, use indirect discourse
re|port|er ◆◆◇ /r I pɔː r tə r / (reporters ) N‑COUNT A reporter is someone who writes news articles or who broadcasts news reports. □ …a TV reporter. □ …a trainee sports reporter. COLLOCATIONS reporter NOUN 1
noun + reporter : news, newspaper, television; crime, sports, war
adjective + reporter : financial, foreign, local, political; intrepid, investigative, roving, undercover; freelance
verb + reporter : brief, tell; assign
re|port|ing ◆◆◇ /r I pɔː r t I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Reporting is the presenting of news in newspapers, on radio, and on television. □ …honest and impartial political reporting.
re|po rt|ing clause (reporting clauses ) N‑COUNT A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause. [BRIT ]
re|po rt struc|ture (report structures ) N‑COUNT A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote. [BRIT ]
re|pose /r I poʊ z/ N‑UNCOUNT Repose is a state in which you are resting and feeling calm. [LITERARY ] □ He had a still, almost blank face in repose.
re|po|si|tion /riː pəz I ʃən/ (repositions , repositioning , repositioned )
1 VERB To reposition an object means to move it to another place or to change its position. □ [V n] It is not possible to reposition the carpet without damaging it.
2 VERB To reposition something such as a product or service means to try to interest more or different people in it, for example by changing certain things about it or the way it is marketed. □ [V n] The sell-off repositioned the company as a publisher of business information. □ [V pron-refl] Mazda needs to reposition itself if it is to boost its sales and reputation.
re|posi|tory /r I pɒ z I tri, [AM ] -tɔːri/ (repositories ) N‑COUNT A repository is a place where something is kept safely. [FORMAL ] □ [+ for ] A church in Moscow became a repository for police files.
re|pos|sess /riː pəze s/ (repossesses , repossessing , repossessed ) VERB [usu passive] If your car or house is repossessed , the people who supplied it take it back because they are still owed money for it. □ [be V -ed] His car was repossessed by the company.
re|pos|ses|sion /riː pəze ʃ ə n/ (repossessions )
1 N‑VAR The repossession of someone's house is the act of repossessing it. □ …the problem of home repossessions.
2 N‑COUNT You can refer to a house or car that has been repossessed as a repossession . □ Many of the cars you will see at auction are repossessions.
re|pos|se s|sion or|der (repossession orders ) N‑COUNT If a bank or building society issues a repossession order , they officially tell someone that they are going to repossess their home. [BRIT ]