The noun record has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (238) record -- (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")
2. (169) record -- (the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league")
3. (161) record -- (an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record")
4. (104) phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter -- (sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove)
5. (75) record, track record -- (the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president")
6. (21) criminal record, record -- (a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long")
7. (16) record, record book, book -- (a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books")
8. (10) record -- (a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase")
Overview of verb record
The verb record has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (36) record, enter, put down -- (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
2. (10) record, tape -- (register electronically; "They recorded her singing")
3. (4) read, register, show, record -- (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'")
4. record, register -- (be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?")
5. commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record -- (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead")