record-breaking

English

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Adjective

record-breaking (not comparable)

1. Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.

   Synonyms: record-setting, (attributive) record

   • 1944 September and October, “A Busy Month”, in Railway Magazine, page 259:

     The peak of the record-breaking month came during the fourth week, when the railways were called upon to handle the transport side of the official evacuation from the London area.

   • 2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in RAIL, page 42:

     For example, record-breaking rainfall in the UK made February 2020 the wettest February on record, while July 2019 was deemed to be the warmest month on record worldwide.

Translations

exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity

• Arabic: قِيَاسِيّ (qiyāsiyy)
• Armenian: ռեկորդային (hy) (ṙekordayin)
• Catalan: rècord (ca)
• Dutch: record (nl) (prefix)
• Finnish: ennätyksellinen (fi)
• French: record (fr)
• German: rekordbrechend, Rekord-
• Hungarian: rekorddöntő
• Polish: rekordowy (pl)
• Portuguese: recorde (pt)
• Russian: рекордный (ru) (rekordnyj)