If you keep a record of something, you keep a written account or photographs of it so that it can be referred to later.

If you record a piece of information or an event, you write it down, photograph it, or put it into a computer so that in the future people can refer to it.

If you record something such as a speech or performance, you put it on tape or film so that it can be heard or seen again later.

If a musician or performer records a piece of music or a television or radio show, they perform it so that it can be put onto CD, tape, or film.

A record is a round, flat piece of black plastic on which sound, especially music, is stored, and which can be played on a record player. You can also refer to the music stored on this piece of plastic as a record.

If a dial or other measuring device records a certain measurement or value, it shows that measurement or value.

A record is the best result that has ever been achieved in a particular sport or activity, for example the fastest time, the furthest distance, or the greatest number of victories.

You use record to say that something is higher, lower, better, or worse than has ever been achieved before.

Someone's record is the facts that are known about their achievements or character.

If someone has a criminal record, it is officially known that they have committed crimes in the past.

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.

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.

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.

If you are on record as saying something, you have said it publicly and officially and it has been written down.

If you keep information on record, you write it down or store it in a computer so that it can be used later.

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.

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.