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report

A report is a description of something that has happened. There was a recent report on the election. A report is a document that gives the results of a study of a particular situation. A report is a loud fast noise. He could hear the report of the explosion.

report

If the news reports something, it tells us about it. The journalist reported that there were riots in the city. He's been reporting on the ongoing war in Iraq. When you report something that has happened, you describe it. They reported to the police that their car had been stolen. She reported hearing loud noises at the time of the incident. He's reported to have been there at the time. So, you should report on your progress in three days. If you report somebody for something they've done wrong, you tell an official about the problem. The restaurant was reported to the city because of the dangerous kitchen. If you report somewhere, you go there and give your name. Visitors to the school should report to the office.

report

(= describe, account) to give an account or representation of in words Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city The team reported significant advances in their research (= study) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale announce one's presence I report to work every day at 9 o'clock (= account) the act of informing by verbal report he heard reports that they were causing trouble by all accounts they were a happy couple (= story, account) a short account of the news the report of his speech the story was on the 11 o'clock news the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious make known to the authorities One student reported the other to the principal a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing) they heard a violent report followed by silence complain about; make a charge against I reported her to the supervisor (= cover) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism Snow reported on China in the 1950's The cub reporter covered New York City (= report card) a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment his father signed his report card (= reputation) the general estimation that the public has for a person he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing he was a person of bad report (= composition) an essay (especially one written as an assignment) he got an A on his composition

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Simple sentences

Can the report be true?
No one but Tom handed in the report.
We will report the results when known.
The weather report says it will rain tomorrow afternoon.
His report has just been handed in.
The weather report said that there will be thunderstorms tomorrow evening.
We translated the report from English into Afrikaans.
Tom wants our report before lunch.
Tom wants a progress report right now.
I'll send you a progress report.
Tom says Mary needs more time to finish her report.
I'm almost finished writing the report.
Shouldn't we report this?
Dan called the police to report an emergency.
I prefer to look for a solution to problems, not only to report them.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
I'll study your report.
Your report is pretty good, if not excellent.
Our experiment has revealed that his report was unreliable.
I handed in my report yesterday.
When must I turn in the report?
According to the news report, the ruling coalition has secured 72 seats as of 5 p.m.
The report is not to be depended upon.
The news report spread all over the country.
The report has not been confirmed yet.
Have you turned in your report?
Our experiment has revealed that his report was inaccurate.
On one hand he praised my report, but on the other hand he criticized it.
I am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.
I dashed off the report.
The report is not encouraging sales wise.
The report turned out to be false.
The correspondent filed a report from Moscow.

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To report about our presence here.
The mission president wants a written progress report from us this week!
A progress report?
I'll file that report.
I'm afraid I have to report the incident to the General Nursing Council and the Central Midwives Board.
You need to wear it for a few hours each day, then report back to me with regard to comfort and the snugness of the fit.
Have you anything else to report?
I received my report from Chief Constable Davis.
Report it.
According to the report, in her last missions she consciously risked her own life without just cause.
Did John D, Lee report to you at any time after this massacre what had been done at the massacre and if so, what did you reply to him in reference thereto?
Report of the inspector Juve.
But Juve shows him a police report, that just arrived.
As soon as I realized that my ring was swapped, I rushed here to report it. But.
Our friend Fournel is surveying Algeria's mineral resources. - He sent his report.
As soon as I realized that my ring was swapped, I rushed here to report it.
To the office to report the loss.
I'm very sorry, my dear fellow, but I'll have to report the matter.
Today I've something to report to you!
Sorry to have to report. there are four stowaways in the forward hatch.
I want to report I found a.
I'll report you to your paper.
General Shubin, please report back here tonight at 11:3o.
He did not report to the flying field?
And report to H-12 immediately you arrive in Amsterdam.
As soon as the report comes in, you'll be released.
If you've heard any report to the contrary, it's based on malicious rumour.
We've got a report on your wife.
I will report to His Majesty.
Why are you checking this? That. the 1st report received said that the fireplace had already been inspected. But then, in the new report handed over, there was an amendment.
Now that Laughton's been killed, I should report why he was killed.
This is a strange report. on hypnotism, sorcery, and a trunk with twelve sharp swords.
Get into uniform, ready to report.
Squad leaders report.
I just got a call to report here this morning.
Mr. Faraday? This is Police Headquarters. We've got a report on your wife.
Well, we'll report 'em. just as soon as we get back to the mainland.
And you, Monsieur Giron, seem to be persistently disturbing. my examination of your report.
Then you're not insinuating that I'm evading your questions, and I'm not insinuating that you won't let me examine your report.

News and current affairs

This spring, the WHO released a report that recommends solutions similar to those proposed in the US Senate bill, but on a global level.
Last year, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a remarkable report on Ogoniland, a major ethnic homeland in the Niger Delta that has been at the epicenter of conflict between local communities and international oil.
The report was as scathing as it was scientifically clear.
Let us hope it is a full and fair examination based on the report's findings and recommendations.
Frequently enough, it is citizens digging at the margins of the discourse - pursuing such theories - who report on news that the mainstream media ignores.
As the Stern report points out, as usual, the poor are the most vulnerable.
At the same time, the Commission's latest report on Turkey's progress toward accession notes that political reforms have slowed down, further calling into question the country's future EU membership.
The Commission's progress report will be dealt with by the European Council next month.
In March, a leaked Bush administration report showed that US emissions were expected to rise almost as fast over the next decade as they did during the previous decade.
That question is raised in Transnational Land Deals for Agriculture in the Global South, a report issued last year by the Land Matrix Partnership, a consortium of European research institutes and nongovernmental organizations.
The report shows that since 2000, investors or state bodies in rich or emerging countries have bought more than 83 million hectares (more than 200 million acres) of agricultural land in poorer developing countries.
President Barack Obama has appointed a bipartisan deficit-reduction commission, whose chairmen recently provided a glimpse of what their report might look like.
Scientific evidence on the risks mounts by the day, as most recently documented in England's magisterial Stern Report.
Now reality has hit: newspapers report cases of borrowers whose mortgage payments exceed their entire income.
New York - This week the United Nations Human Rights Council will debate the report of the fact-finding mission led by Judge Richard Goldstone on human rights violations in the Gaza conflict.
If she does report the matter to the authorities, the case will almost certainly never be properly investigated, nor the perpetrators ever prosecuted.
The number of literary translations done nowadays in the United States is, according to a United Nations report, equal to that of Greece, a country one-tenth the size.
Its own report, Our Land, Our Lives,indicates that, since 2008, communities affected by World Bank projects have brought 21 formal complaints alleging violations of their land rights.
Kundera's name was contained in the investigating officer's report, which was authenticated after a respected historian discovered it in a dusty Prague archive.
An internal review panel studying what went wrong in the UN system's response to Sri Lanka, commissioned by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and headed by the distinguished diplomat Charles Petrie, is due to report to Ban next month.
For the sake of human rights and peace in the region, my hope is that the international community will bear witness to these circumstances, consider Judge Goldstone's report in its entirety and press for accountability for the most serious crimes.

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