report on sth
phr. v..phr. v.. to give people information about something you have studied or discovered.
phr. v.. to provide a formal or official account of a specific subject; often used in journalistic, academic, or professional contexts to indicate the scope of an investigation.
The journalist will report on the election results tonight.
Our team needs to report on the progress of the new project during the meeting tomorrow.
The committee was commissioned to report on the environmental impact of the proposed highway before any construction could begin.
- Particles
- on
- Separability
- inseparable
- Pattern
- report + on + object
the object is usually a topic, an event, or the results of a study.
contrast with 'report sth' (which focuses on the content of the message) versus 'report on sth' (which focuses on the general topic or investigation).
He reported about the accident.He reported on the accident.while 'about' is sometimes heard, 'on' is the standard preposition for professional or formal accounts of a topic.