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of record

of record prepositional phrase: officially or publicly recorded or documented.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Officially or publicly recorded or documented.
    • His title to the property is of record at the county clerk's office.
  2. Of a periodical, regarded as authoritative.
    • The New York Times benefits from being considered a newspaper of record.

Words formed from of record

Questions about of record

What does of record mean?
Of record means officially or publicly recorded or documented.
What part of speech is of record?
Of record is a prepositional phrase.

Words near of record in the dictionary

  1. of one's own
  2. of one's own accord
  3. of one's own making
  4. of one's word
  5. of ours
  6. of record
  7. of service
  8. of some use
  9. of someone's dreams
  10. of someone's life
  11. of sorts

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