a speech act that conveys information

to give an account or representation of in words

be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism

the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly

a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'" would be modified to "he said he is a fool")

a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")

(Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account

report of a mission or task