formal
No formal record of the marriage now survives.

official, public
permanent
accurate, careful, exact
There is no exact record of the number of accidents.

up-to-date
adequate, proper, reliable
inadequate, incomplete
brief
complete, comprehensive, detailed, extensive
verbatim (= exactly as written or spoken)
a verbatim record of the meeting

confidential
daily
personal
documentary, handwritten, paper, written
computerized, electronic
photographic, pictorial
early
archival, historical
archaeological, fossil, geological
This period is poorly represented in the geological record.

dental, health, hospital, medical, patient
accounting, administrative, departmental, financial, payroll, personnel
birth, census, tax, voting
court, library, school
cellphone (esp. AmE), mobile phone (BrE), phone
There are cellphone records that prove we were not even in the apartment.

keep, maintain
He has always kept an accurate record of his spending.

compile, create
provide
access
check, consult, examine, read, search, search through, study
I checked the records but nobody by that name has worked here.

review
destroy, erase
Medical records should not be destroyed.

file
update
correct
seize, subpoena (esp. AmE)
Prosecutors had subpoenaed his phone records.

be on, go on
She is on record as saying that she once took drugs.
He is the latest public figure to go on (the) record about corruption in politics.

contain sth, include sth
The records contain the bank details of all employees.

indicate sth, reveal sth, show sth
The records showed that the building had not been inspected for ten years.

provide sth
suggest sth
Fossil records suggest that the region was covered in water until relatively recently.

exist, survive
No record exists of a battle on this site.

date back, go back
The university records go back as far as the 13th century.

be available

in the record, in the records
evidence in the geological record
The historic agreement is preserved in the university records.

off the record, on the record
Off the record, he told the interviewer what he thought of his colleagues.

on record
It was the driest summer on record.

record of
a record of achievement

record on
records on children's progress

access to the records
Under the law, every citizen has access to their official records.

have a record of sth
Do you have a record of how much you spent?

have no record of sth, not have any record of sth
We have no record of your conversation with Mr Smith.

put the record straight, set the record straight
She called a press conference to set the record straight about her disappearance.

club, course, national, Olympic, track, world
unbeaten, unbroken
current
new
old, previous
long-standing
Bob Beamon's long-standing record for the long jump was eventually broken.

all-time
career, lifetime (AmE)
He compiled a lifetime record of 209–161.

scoring
all-comers (= anyone who wants to take part in a sport or competition)
speed

hold
Who holds the 100 m sprint record?

establish, set
She has just set a new world record.

beat, better, break
If she continues like this she could beat the record.

eclipse, shatter, smash, top
equal, match, tie
He hopes to equal the Olympic record.

stand
His mile record stood for twelve years.

fall

book
Bubka rewrote the pole-vault record books during his career.

attempt
breaker, holder
high, low
Unemployment has reached a record high (= the highest level ever).

amount, level, number
There was a record number of candidates for the post.

pace, speed, time
The US saw its trade deficit shrink at a record pace in September.

attendance, crowd, turnout
earnings, sales

record for
These viewing figures are an all-time record for a single broadcast.

record with
Lewis established a new world record with a time of 9.86 seconds.

in record time
I got to work in record time.

past, track
distinguished, enviable, fine, good, impressive, proven, solid, strong
excellent, exceptional, exemplary, formidable (esp. BrE), outstanding, remarkable, stellar (esp. AmE)
unique, unparalleled, unrivalled/unrivaled (esp. BrE)
abysmal, appalling (esp. BrE), atrocious, bad, dismal, mediocre, poor, sorry
unenviable
He has an unenviable record of poor health.

satisfactory
long
consistent
mixed, patchy, spotty (AmE)
Given the patchy track record of previous international declarations, is it worthwhile to have such ambitious goals?
He has a spotty military record.

clean, unblemished
Apart from a parking ticket ten years before, she had an unblemished driving record.

academic, college, educational, school
military
attendance
The teacher spoke to her about her poor attendance record.

economic, environmental, human rights
the government's economic record

disciplinary
arrest (esp. AmE), criminal, police
He has a long arrest record.
teenagers with a criminal record

accident, safety
The airline's accident record makes it among the safest.

driving

have, possess
establish
keep, maintain
The company has maintained an accident-free record since it started business.

improve

demonstrate sth, show sth
Her record shows that she is able to compete under great pressure.

compare with sth
Our record compares well with that of any similar-sized company.

speak for itself
When it comes to quality, our record speaks for itself.

record among
They have the worst human rights record among member countries.

record for
They have a good record for recognizing emerging talent.

record in
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in project management.

record on
the government's abysmal record on crime

long-playing, LP (usually just LP)
gramophone
vinyl
classical, hip-hop, jazz, pop, rock, etc.
best-selling, hit
The band had a hit record in 1973.

favourite/favorite
good, great
bad
solo
debut, first
gold, platinum
The album earned him his second gold record.
Her walls became lined with gold and platinum records.

write
cut, make, produce, record
release
They released their first record in 1963.

sell
buy
listen to, play, put on
I'll put on one of my old records.

company, industry, label
producer
contract, deal
The band signed their first record deal a year after forming.

collection
shop (esp. BrE), store (esp. AmE)
player
cover, sleeve
album

carefully, meticulously
accurately, correctly, properly
The weights must be recorded accurately.

faithfully
It was all there, faithfully recorded in his uncle's formal style.

duly
The contract is witnessed by others and duly recorded.

automatically, routinely
The mother's occupation was not routinely recorded on the birth certificate.

officially
electronically, manually
vividly
The event is vividly recorded in his journal.

as
The time of the accident is recorded as 6.23 p.m.

be recorded for posterity
The names of those who died are recorded for posterity on a tablet at the back of the church.

be recorded in history
the most famous and deadly influenza outbreak recorded in history

historically recorded
historically recorded events

poorly recorded, well recorded
The geographical spread of the industry in the 16th century is hard to ascertain, for much of it is poorly recorded.

secretly
She secretly recorded the conversation.

originally
The songs were originally recorded on tape.

from
a concert she had recorded from the radio

on
movies recorded on videotape

beautifully recorded, well recorded
This CD has been beautifully recorded.

digitally recorded

Record is used with these nouns as the subject:
artist, camera, document, film, inscription, microphone, musician, plaque

Record is used with these nouns as the object:
album, CD, concerto, conversation, data, death, detail, disc, earthquake, episode, event, fall, finding, image, impression, information, instance, interview, level, measurement, memory, message, music, number, occurrence, programme, reading, record, score, single, song, temperature, time, track, transaction, turnover, verdict, victory, video, vote, win