report
/rɪˈpɔːt/noun
उच्चारण रिपॉर्ट
रिपोर्ट, प्रतिवेदन; विवरण
Basic word
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[C]
a written or spoken description of an event or a situation, especially one intended to be published or broadcast in newspapers or on TV; an official document written by a group of people who have examined a particular situation; a written statement about a student's work at school
रिपोर्ट, प्रतिवेदन; विवरण
- a news report
- the committee's report
- a progress report
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- The newspaper carried a long report on the floods in Bihar.
- The doctor wrote a detailed report on the patient's condition.
- Parents receive a report on their child's progress every term.
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[T, I]
to give people information about something that you have heard, seen, done; to present a written or spoken account of an event in a newspaper, on TV; to tell a person in authority about a crime, an accident; to tell somebody that you have arrived; (report to sb) to be responsible to somebody at work
सूचित करना; रिपोर्ट करना; शिकायत दर्ज करना; उपस्थिति देना
- Report the accident to the police.
- Report at 9 a.m.
- She reports to the manager.
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- Several people reported a loud noise near the station.
- The channel reports live from the cricket ground.
- You must report to the front desk when you arrive.
→Phrasal verbs 2
report back (on sth) (to sb)
to give sb information about sth that they have asked you to find out about; to return to a place to work again
(जाँच करके किसी को) रिपोर्ट देना, वापस (काम पर) हाज़िर होना
- The committee will report back to the minister next month.
- You must report back for duty on Monday.
report to sb/sth
to have sb as your manager in an organisation; to go to a place or a person and say that you have arrived
(किसी के) अधीन काम करना, (किसी के पास) हाज़िरी देना
- All the clerks report to the section officer.
- Candidates must report to the examination centre by 9 a.m.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Reported speech (indirect speech) changes the tense, pronouns and time words ('He said, "I am busy"' becomes 'He said that he was busy'); report to sb (be responsible to somebody at work; go to somebody to say you have arrived: 'Report to the principal'); report on sth (give information about something).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: reported speech (indirect speech) में tense, pronouns और समय-शब्द बदलते हैं ('He said, "I am busy"' बनता है 'He said that he was busy'); report to sb (काम पर किसी के प्रति ज़िम्मेदार होना; पहुँचने की सूचना देने किसी के पास जाना: 'Report to the principal'); report on sth (किसी के बारे में जानकारी देना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Report card (a school record of a student's marks), annual report, First Information Report (FIR, the first written record of a crime given to the police, under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita), reportedly (according to what some people say).
Collocations: report card (छात्र के अंकों का स्कूल रिकॉर्ड), annual report (वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन), First Information Report (FIR, अपराध का पुलिस को दिया गया पहला लिखित अभिलेख, भारतीय नागरिक सुरक्षा संहिता के तहत, प्राथमिकी), reportedly (कुछ लोगों के अनुसार)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who writes news reports is a reporter or journalist.
समाचार रिपोर्ट लिखने वाला reporter या journalist।