"personal best" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: personal bests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal best (plural personal bests)
  1. A person's best ever performance at some task to date. Synonyms: personal record Derived forms: PB [abbreviation] Translations (person's best performance at a task): henkilökohtainen ennätys (Finnish), persönliche Bestleistung [feminine] (German), persönlicher Rekord [masculine] (German), ли́чно достигну́вање (líčno dostignúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ли́чен ре́корд (líčen rékord) [masculine] (Macedonian), personbästa [neuter] (Swedish), pers [neuter] (Swedish)

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