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report

 
/rɪˈpɔrt/, /-ˈpoʊrt/ v [T] (TELL)

Definition

to give a description of something or information about something to someone: We called the police to report the theft. The accident was reported in all the newspapers. [+ that clause] The crew reported that the situation was normal.
(Definition of report v (TELL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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