- 1report (on/of something) a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast Are these newspaper reports true? And now over to Jim Muir, for a report on the South African election. a weather report information
- 2report (on something) a spoken or written description of something containing information that somebody needs to have a police/medical report Can you give us a progress report?
- 3report (on something) an official document written by a group of people who have examined a particular situation or problem The committee will publish their report on the health center in a few weeks. story
- 4a story or piece of information that may or may not be true I don't believe these reports of UFO sightings. There are unconfirmed reports of a shooting in the capital. of gun
- 5the sound of an explosion or of a gun being fired synonym bang, blast a loud report Thesaurusreport
- story
- account
- version
- report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast:We're getting reports of fighting in the south of the country.
- story an account, often spoken, of what happened to someone, or of how something happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast:It was many years before the full story was made public. the front-page story
- account a written or spoken description of something that has happened:He gave the police a full account of the incident.
- A report is always of recent events, especially news. An account may be of events in the recent or distant past.
- version a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people:She gave us her version of what had happened that day.
- a report/story about something
- a(n) report/account/version of something
- a brief/short report/story/account
- a/the full report/story/account/version
- a news report/story
- to give a(n) report/account/version
of news
talked about by people in a bad/good way
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