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WORLD RECORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does world record mean?
• WORLD RECORD (noun)
The noun WORLD RECORD has 1 sense:
1. the best record in the whole world
Familiarity information: WORLD RECORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The best record in the whole world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("world record" is a kind of...):
record (an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport))
Context examples
The world record stands at 46.78 seconds and belongs to Kevin Young.
(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)
Kipchoge also set the current official world record for a sanctioned race, of 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds, last year in Berlin, Germany.
(Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs marathon under two hours, Wikinews)
Brigid Kosgei of Kenya won the 2019 Chicago Marathon and broke the long-standing marathon world record for women competing in mixed-sex marathons.
(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)
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