Vehicle Definition–noun | 1. | any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles. |
| 2. | a conveyance moving on wheels, runners, tracks, or the like, as a cart, sled, automobile, or tractor. |
| 3. | a means of transmission or passage: Air is the vehicle of sound. |
| 4. | a carrier, as of infection. |
| 5. | a medium of communication, expression, or display: The novel is a fitting vehicle for his talents. Language is the vehicle of thought. |
| 6. | Theater, Movies. a play, screenplay, or the like, having a role suited to the talents of and often written for a specific performer. |
| 7. | a means of accomplishing a purpose: College is a vehicle for success. |
| 8. | Rhetoric. the thing or idea to which the subject of a metaphor is compared, as “rose” in “she is a rose.” Compare tenor (def. 3). |
| 9. | Pharmacology. a substance, usually fluid, possessing little or no medicinal action, used as a medium for active remedies. |
| 10. | Painting. a liquid, as oil, in which a pigment is mixed before being applied to a surface. |
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History Definition–noun, plural -ries. | 1. | the branch of knowledge dealing with past events. |
| 2. | a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological
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account; chronicle: a history of France; a medical history of the patient. |
| 3. | the aggregate of past events. |
| 4. | the record of past events and times, esp. in connection with the human race. |
| 5. | a past notable for its important, unusual, or interesting events: a ship with a history. |
| 6. | acts, ideas, or events that will or can shape the course of the future; immediate but significant happenings: Firsthand observers of our space program see history in the making. |
| 7. | a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena without particular reference to time: a history of the American eagle. |
| 8. | a drama representing historical events: Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies. |
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Report Definition–noun | 1. | an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient. |
| 2. | a statement or announcement. |
| 3. | a widely circulated statement or item of news; rumor; gossip. |
| 4. | an account of a speech, debate, meeting, etc., esp. as taken down for publication. |
| 5. | a loud noise, as from an explosion: the report of a distant cannon. |
| 6. | a statement of a student's grades, level of achievement, or academic standing for or during a prescribed period of time. |
| 7. | Computers. output, esp. printed, containing organized information. |
| 8. | a statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of justice. |
| 9. | reports, Law. a collection of adjudications. |
| 10. | repute; reputation; fame: a man of bad report. |
–verb (used with object) | 11. | to carry and repeat, as an answer or message; repeat, as what one has heard. |
| 12. | to relate, as what has been learned by observation or investigation. |
| 13. | to give or render a formal account or statement of: to report a deficit. |
| 14. | to send back (a bill, amendment, etc.) to a legislative body with a formal report outlining findings and recommendations (often fol. by out): The committee reported out the bill. |
| 15. | to make a charge against (a person), as to a superior: I intend to report him to the dean for cheating. |
| 16. | to make known the presence, condition, or whereabouts of: to report a ship missing. |
| 17. | to present (oneself) to a person in authority, as in accordance with requirements. |
| 18. | to take down (a speech, lecture, etc.) in writing. |
| 19. | to write an account of (an event, situation, etc.), as for publication in a newspaper. |
| 20. | to rel
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–verb (used without object) | 21. | to prepare, make, or submit a report of something observed, investigated, or the like. |
| 22. | to serve or work as a reporter, as for a newspaper. |
| 23. | to make one's condition or whereabouts known, as to a person in authority: to report sick. |
| 24. | to present oneself duly, as at a place: to report to Room 101. |
—Idiom| 25. | on report, Military. (of personnel) under restriction pending disciplinary action. |
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