Archives, Records and Communications Unit

record Noun

— A record is something in writing to tell what happened. Keep a record of the date and what you said every time you talk to that person. — A record is a big round black plastic thing with music or other sounds on it. Now people don't use records any more -- they use cassettes or CDs.

record Verb

— To make a written record about something. She recorded everything she did in a little book. — To put music or other sounds onto a machine. The singer recorded some songs on CDs to sell them.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

communications Noun

— Communications is the science of communicating.

unit Noun

— One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one". Measure five units to the left. $4 is the unit price. A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter. — Form of measurement. I prefer metric units. — Item, used when no other word for something exists. He set up the A/C unit.