on record

prep_phrase — 2 senses

on record

prep_phrase
1

Having one's statement published.

  • He was on record as opposing abortion.
2

Being published.

  • His speech to the analysts was on record.
  • For Sydney, 2017 was the hottest January on record.2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
1 more example
  • One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
Related terms
off the record, on the record

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