"record-breaking" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-record-breaking.wav [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} record-breaking (not comparable)
  1. Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: record-setting, record Translations (exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity): قِيَاسِيّ (qiyāsiyy) (Arabic), ռեկորդային (ṙekordayin) (Armenian), rècord (Catalan), record [prefix] (Dutch), ennätyksellinen (Finnish), record (French), rekordbrechend (German), Rekord- (German), rekorddöntő (Hungarian), rekordowy (Polish), recorde (Portuguese), рекордный (rekordnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-record-breaking-en-adj-Ljl7KsYY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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