Reported

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔɹtɪd/

Definitions

1. Concerning information that has been disclosed by individuals or organizations, including news coverage and press releases
2. Referring to events or situations that have been officially presented or recounted by individuals, particularly in media contexts
3. Describing details that have been formally shared or made known by people or entities, particularly in relation to news or announcements

Etymology: "Reported" is the past tense and past participle of "report", so its history is that of the verb. The verb descends from Latin "reportare", meaning "to carry back", built from "re-" (back) and "portare" (to carry). Its original sense was physical: to bring something back to a place, or to return something. That is why the verb's older meanings sound so unlike the news sense we use today. The move from carrying back to carrying word back came through the idea of bringing an account back to someone. A messenger who returned with news was, in effect, carrying information back to whoever had sent him, and English speakers came to use "report" for relaying such an account. The word reached Middle English through Anglo-Norman "reporter", so the modern sense of passing along what has been said or disclosed grew out of a concrete image of physical return.

Synonyms: announced, informed, communicated, disclosed, relayed

Antonyms: concealed, withheld, suppressed